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Photos of the Wildfires in Europe Displacing Thousands as Residents Join Efforts to Fight the Flames
Heat wave-driven wildfires across southern Europe have caused at least 18 deaths, including 10 rescue workers, with widespread evacuations and firefighting efforts ongoing, officials said.
- Amid soaring heat, wildfires intensified across southern Europe on Wednesday after an overnight battle around Patras, with at least three deaths reported in Spain, Turkey and Albania.
- Following weeks of heat waves, firefighting resources were stretched thin across Mediterranean Europe after a third straight day of 42°C in France.
- Water-Dropping planes and helicopters swooped overhead as residents joined firefighting efforts, beating flames with cut branches or dousing them with buckets of water in the Greek mainland, Patras area, and Zakynthos island.
- Evacuations in four villages near a former army ammunition depot in central Albania, where 18 people, including rescue volunteers and forestry workers, have been killed.
- Athens sent assistance to neighbouring Albania as Greece raised its national emergency response level, preparing additional support amid evacuations and road closures.
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Photos of the wildfires in Europe displacing thousands as residents join efforts to fight the flames
Wildfires are burning in parts of Europe, displacing thousands, as water-dropping planes and helicopters swoop overhead and residents join the effort, beating back flames with cut branches or dousing them with buckets of water.
Southern Europe wildfires kill at least three, displace thousands
Wildfires following heatwaves and temperature spikes across the Mediterranean killed at least three people in Spain, Turkey and Albania, authorities reported Wednesday. The fires have displaced thousands in Greece and Albania as governments in several south European countries issued weather alerts for the next few days.
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Wales OnlineThree dead as wildfires spread in Greece, Spain and Turkey
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