Hotels, Homes Evacuated on Greek Island of Crete as Wildfire Burns Out of Control

ATHENS, Greece—Firefighters were struggling Thursday to bring a major wildfire on Greece’s southern island of Crete under control, hampered by gale-force winds whipping up the flames.

Thousands of people were evacuated from hotels and homes overnight after the fire started Wednesday afternoon in the Ierapetra area on the island’s southern coast, officials said.