Three firefighters killed as wildfires spread across southern Europe
Three firefighters have died fighting wildfires on Crete as blazes intensify across southern Europe from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean.
Wildfires are spreading across southern Europe, with deaths reported among firefighters battling the flames on the Greek island of Crete. The emergency stretches from the Atlantic coast eastward to the Mediterranean region, marking a fatal escalation in what has become a widespread wildfire crisis.
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Southern Europe burns as three firefighters die in Greece
The deaths on Crete brought a fatal new dimension to a wildfire emergency stretching from the Atlantic coast to the eastern Mediterranean.