Forest fires continue to rage in European countries

Two large wildfires occurred on Spain's northern border between France and Catalan from July 22, killing four people. All 4 victims are French.

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The Catalan government said 23 others were injured, including eight who were treated in the hospital.

The head of the Catalan autonomous regional office, Felip Puig, said about 1,300 people were struggling to cope with the fire, with the support of 33 water-jet and helicopter aircraft, but still The fire has not been controlled due to strong winds.

However, it is hoped that the situation will improve when the wind and air temperature at the end of the day are tending to decrease.

So far, forest fires have spread to 13,000 hectares of land and burned about 200 hectares near Portbou. The government has asked people in the area not to go out, while ash from forest fires is spreading to the Barcelona area.

The cause of the fire has not been clarified, but the head of the regional government of Catalonia Artur Mas said that it may be due to the carelessness of the driver when they throw a piece of burning cigarette out. This is the worst fire in the last 20 years in Spain.

This summer, Spain is facing the highest risk of forest fires ever since experiencing the driest winter in the past 70 years.

Earlier this month, one of the worst wildfires occurred in Valencia, eastern Spain, burning 50,000 hectares of forest.

On the same day, on the Adriatic coast of Croatia, a forest fire broke out due to high winds, causing a firefighter to die and 1,500 tourists, mostly Slovenian and Austrian, to evacuate, while part of the route Adriatic coastal highway has been closed.

The morning fire in the port of Rijeka was about 180 km southwest of the capital Zagreb, then spread to Selce. With a wind power of more than 100km / hour, the control of the fire is very difficult because water jet aircraft cannot be used.

Meanwhile, in the Republic of Macedonia 14 people were injured, of which five were seriously injured, in a forest fire that occurred at Strumica, about 100km east of Skopje.