The death toll from wildfires outside the northwestern Turkish city of Bursa has risen to four after two volunteer firefighters died

The two died in hospital after they were pulled from a water tanker that rolled while heading to a forest fire in the north west, a news agency said.

Torrential rainstorms hit Romania overnight into Monday, triggering flash floods in the country’s northeast and killing at least one person, officials said, as Turkey continued to battle wildfires that left four dead.

Firefighters are battling multiple wildfires across Turkey as the country endures an intense heatwave, officials confirmed.

Greece and Turkey continue to battle major wildfires amid a severe heatwave. Temperatures reached 42.4C in central Greece at the weekend, with emergency services battling fires in the Peloponnese area of Athens and on the popular tourist islands of Kytheria and Crete.

More than 1,700 people have been evacuated and the main highway has been closed. The fire is threatening homes, quarries, and industrial facilities.

Wildfires have threatened Bursa, Turkey's fourth-largest city, leading to hundreds of people fleeing their homes. Overnight fires in the forested mountains surrounding Bursa spread rapidly, casting a red glow over the city’s eastern suburbs.

Firefighters battled to put out wildfires on Monday in three separate provinces in Turkey, in Greece and near a tourist resort in Albania, stoked by strong winds after days of searing heat across the Mediterranean region.