ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey sent two firefighting aircraft Saturday to help battle wildfires in neighboring Syria as Turkish firefighters battled a blaze on their side of the border and one person was reported dead in the country’s west.

A new wildfire in Greece prompted evacuations in coastal areas south of Athens, as firefighters in neighboring Turkey remained locked in a battle to contain flames tearing through forested hillsides.

Devastating fires in the province of İzmir are now under control, the Turkish government announced on Saturday, while firefighting efforts continued in the south-eastern province of Hatay. Emergency services in Hatay worked through the night to extinguish a fire that broke out on Friday afternoon in a forest in Dörtyol,