It has warmed more than twice the global average since the 1980s, according to the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service.Human-caused climate change made the extreme fire weather conditions behind this year's French blazes at least twice as likely, scientists at World Weather Attribution found in a rapid analysis conducted while the fires were still burning.Nearly 500 firefighters and 23 aircraft were deployed, but gale-force winds drove flames through dry forest and crippled the response, preventing some aircraft from reaching the sea to collect water.Authorities ordered the evacuation of the communities of Kandili, Agia Skepi and Toutouli as smoke rose over the mountains.Crews were particularly concerned about Porto Germeno, a seaside community on the Gulf of Corinth Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was briefed on the operation.The fire began on Friday near Agios Vasileios before sweeping toward Porto Germeno and into the forested mountains west of Athens. Firefighters evacuated 254 people by sea on Friday and another 12 Saturday — often the last escape route when fire and smoke cut the few roads from coastal communities.Wildfire meteorologist Theodore Giannaros estimated the blaze had affected 40 to 50 square kilometres, though authorities had issued no official figure.Elsewhere in Greece, flames threatened homes on Kefalonia, forcing evacuations from inland communities as aircraft made water drops over the Ionian island