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Wildfire season spreads to northern Europe as forest fire warnings issued
A forest fire rages south of Alvesta, Sweden, on June 6, 2023
FOREST fire warnings have been issued in northern European countries as the “high risk” of summer wildfire season spreads up the continent.
A lack of rain and rising temperatures have led to dangerously dry conditions in the region, from Scotland to the Nordic and Baltic countries.
The warnings have raised concerns of a repeat of the summer of 2018 when major wildfires swept across Sweden in particular.
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