Photo: Patricia De Melo MOREIRA / AFPSource: AFPSouthwest Europe entered a sixth day of a summer heatwave on Saturday that has triggered devastating forest fires as parts of the continent braced for new temperature records early next week. Photo: Valentin RAKOVSKY / AFPSource: AFP"The risk of fires remains very high," civil defence chief Andre Fernandes warned during a midday briefing. He spoke after an air tanker that had been fighting fires in northern Portugal crashed on Friday, killing its pilot. Dozens of forest fires continued to rage in different parts of the country. In Greece, the civil defence rushed to douse flames raging on the Mediterranean island of Crete.

Source: Daily Nation July 16, 2022 18:33 UTC