It took a week and more than 4,000 kilometres to do it, but wildfire smoke from Western and Northern Canada crossed the North Atlantic and reached the skies over parts of Europe this week.

Greece's worst wildfire this year spread into the Athens suburbs on Monday, forcing hundreds of people to flee as it torched trees, homes and cars overnight and choked busy roads with smoke and ash.

Satellite image shows East Attica covered in thick smoke as wildfires continue to burn in ... with gusts forecasted to reach up to 70kph (43mph). Reinforcements from France, Italy, Turkey, and ...

The smoke, generated by fires sweeping through the vast wilderness of western Canada reached Malta after travelling ... across the Atlantic, northern Europe and finally the Mediterranean." ...

It took a week and more than 4,000 kilometres to do it, but wildfire smoke from Canada has made its way across the North Atlantic and reached the skies over parts of Europe this week. As a result, ...

Columns of smoke rose over the horizon and a burning smell cloaked Athens. The fire reached Vrilissia, around 14 km (8 miles) from the heart of the capital, albeit with highways separating the ...

A wildfire burned northeast of Athens on Sunday, darkening the sky as the smell of smoke and soot pervaded ... Vathrakogiannis said winds reached gale force strength in the area of the fire ...

VARNAVAS, Greece/ATHENS Aug 11 (Reuters) - Residents fled their homes on Sunday as a fast-moving wildfire ... thick brown smoke hung over much of Athens and had reached the island of Aegina ...

Smoke from extensive wildfires in Canada has reached the centre of the Mediterranean, including the Maltese islands, a popular weather page said on Tuesday. “This smoke ended up migrating a ...

but wildfire smoke from Western and Northern Canada crossed the North Atlantic and reached the skies over parts of Europe this week. As a result, hazy sunsets have been seen across Europe ...

STORY: Just eight miles from Athens' city center, the town of Vrilissia is engulfed in smoke. Greece's worst wildfire this year ... firefighters say flames had reached the deepest into the capital ...