Firefighters battle wildfires in Belgium and Greece as 2 die on an island near Athens

Firefighters are battling wildfires in Belgium and Greece, with a massive blaze scorching a nature reserve in eastern Belgium

A blaze in eastern Belgium burned about 12 square miles in the High Fens, a large nature reserve, in one of the country's worst wildfires in recent history.

ATHENS: Two people died and hundreds of weekend bathers were hurriedly evacuatedSunday after two fires broke out on the Greek island of Salamis near Athens in less than half an hour, the fire department said. While another fire on the Aegean island of Skyros was brought under control, a fire department spokesman told A

Firefighters battled a massive wildfire that scorched a nature reserve in eastern Belgium and another on a Greek island near Athens, where two people were killed on Sunday as hot and dry conditions fuelled fires across parts of Europe.

Firefighters battled a massive wildfire that scorched a nature reserve in eastern Belgium and another on a Greek island near Athens where two people were killed on Sunday as hot and dry conditions fuelled fires across parts of Europe.

Two people were killed in a wildfire Sunday on the island of Salamina.

A blaze in eastern Belgium burned about 30 square kilometers in the High Fens, a large nature reserve, in one of the country's worst wildfires in recent history. On the Greek island of Salamina, some 260 firefighters were responding to the blazes.

A blaze in eastern Belgium burned about 30 square kilometers in the High Fens, a large nature reserve, in one of the country's worst wildfires in recent history. On the Greek island of Salamina, some 260 firefighters were responding to the blazes.

In Greece, two people were killed in a wildfire on the island of Salamina, west of Athens, firefighters said.

Firefighters battle massive wildfires in Belgium and Greece as 2 die on an island near Athens  AP News

The blaze now torching Belgium has far surpassed a 2011 fire that burned nearly 14 square kilometres in the same area

Local officials were trying to keep the two fires from scaling a mountain and linking up.

Two people have died and hundreds were evacuated as two fires broke out on the Greek island of Salamis near Athens, the fire department said.

A rapidly spreading wildfire in the High Fens nature reserve near Belgium's border with Germany has scorched around 2,700 hectares and forced hundreds of people to evacuate.

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