In the west of the Italian holiday island of Sardinia, violent forest fires continue to rage.
Seven fire-fighting planes, 13 helicopters and 7,500 helpers were deployed on Monday to contain the fires in the Oristano province.
The emergency services fear that the flames will spread to other areas if the north wind mistral sets in.
The disaster control authority announced that the danger was still "extremely" high.
The fire broke out at the weekend, fueled by the sirocco wind and the drought that had been going on for weeks.
The Sardinian authorities had declared a state of emergency, and on Sunday the fires had destroyed more than 20,000 hectares of forest, olive groves and fields.
Around 1200 people had to leave their homes, the broadcaster Rai News reported on Sunday.
Scared tourists have also fled the coastal town of Porto Alabe, where a care facility had to be evacuated.
"It is a total disaster"
Numerous farmers were no longer able to get their goats, sheep and donkeys to safety in time.
In the village of Cuglieri, the pensioner Paola Messana managed to escape from her olive grove at the last moment.
"I ran the last 300 meters through the flames," she said by phone to the AFP news agency.
This year the olive harvest will now be canceled.
“This area is the region of Sardinia that produces the best olive oil, it is a total disaster”.
"It is not yet possible to estimate the damage caused by the ongoing fires in the Oristano area, but it is an unprecedented disaster," said Regional President Christian Solinas.
Solinas added that he had asked Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi to use part of the funds earmarked for the post-coronavirus recovery plan to reforest the fire-ravaged areas.
Italy's Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio asked for help from other European countries in fighting fires in the online service Facebook.
France and Greece each dispatched two fire-fighting aircraft to support the Italian emergency services in the fire-fighting work as part of the European civil protection procedure.