At least 11 wildfires are raging inside the Arctic Circle as the hot, dry summer turns an abnormally wide area of Europe into a tinderbox.
Firefighters battle a blaze in a forest in western Sweden, the worst-hit country. Photograph: Mats Andersson/EPA
The worst affected country, Sweden, has called for emergency assistance from its partners in the European Union to help fight the blazes, which have broken out across a wide range of its territory and prompted the evacuations of four communities.
Wildfires rage in Arctic Circle as Sweden calls for help | World news | The Guardian
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