19,000 people have been evacuated as a wildfire rages on the Greek island of Rhodes

A man carries a child as they leave an area where a forest fire burns, on the island of Rhodes, Greece, on Saturday. (Lefteris Damianidis/AP)

ATHENS, Greece — Firefighters were struggling through the night to contain 82 wildfires across Greece, 64 of which started Sunday, the hottest day of the summer so far.

Their ongoing efforts were without the help of firefighting planes and helicopters, which do not operate at night.