Three firefighters killed in Greece as fires rage across Europe and another heatwave looms

WILDFIRES HAVE CONTINUED to burn across a number of European countries today, including France, Spain, Turkey and Greece, where three firefighters have died. “Two firefighters fell in the line of duty,” deputy fire department spokesman Yiannis Artopios told AFP. The burnt body of a deer in Casavieja, Avila province, Spain Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock PhotoFrance braces for heatwaveFrance, where hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated, is expecting yet another heatwave that is threatening to intensify the fires already burning. More than 2,200 firefighters and more than 20 aircraft remain mobilised, supported by crews from across France and other European countries. More than 3,000 firefighters are working to contain the remaining fires, he said.