After several weeks with little rain and temperatures of around 40 degrees Celsius, 45 fires broke out in Greece on Friday, according to the fire brigade, whipped up by strong winds. “In places the gusts reached 95 kilometres an hour,” said a spokesman for the fire brigade on Greek radio (ERT). The Peloponnese peninsula, the island of Kefalonia and several regions of central Greece were affected. Some villages had to be evacuated. No injuries were reported and tourist facilities were not affected, according to reports from the regions affected by the fires. The fire service urged residents to …