A plane fighting wildfires in Greece crashed on Tuesday as Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned of tough days ahead with blazes destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of thousands of tourists from the island of Rhodes.

The fire brigade did not give further details of the crash. State broadcaster ERT showed footage of the plane dropping water over a fire and then crashing into a hillside and bursting into flames. It said the accident took place over the town of Karystos on the island of Evia, east of Athens.