Three firefighters and a child hospitalised in England as fires blaze in UK, Greece, France and Croatia – Europe live

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Severe wildfires across parts of the UK, Greece, France, and Croatia have led to multiple hospitalizations and evacuations. Fire services are struggling to contain extensively damaging fires amid escalating emergency calls.

Four people taken to hospital in Stourbridge, West Midlands with 500 people evacuated in southwest France Four taken to hospital and homes damaged in West Midlands fires The latest from West Midlands is that fire crews are making progress tackling huge blazes that led to thousands of 999 calls and caused “extensive” devastation, a fire chief said, as reported by PA. Chief fire officer Simon Tuhill, of West Midlands Fire Service, said one huge blaze in Stourbridge, which forced some people to flee after it started tearing through homes, was “one of the most significant” incidents the region’s fire service has ever dealt with. Continue reading...