Wildfires - Balkans, Europe
Firefighters in Montenegro and Croatia are trying to extinguish several wildfires on and near the Adriatic coastline that have already destroyed swathes of forest and threatened villages.
A fire on Mount Lovcen national park in central Montenegro is endangering a mountain top mausoleum in which the well-known 19th century Montenegrin poet and ruler Petar Petrovic Njegos was buried. Officials say the fires are worsened by strong winds.
In neighboring Croatia, a huge fire that has threatened villages near the Adriatic resort of Sibenik has been put under control with the help of 150 firefighters, army troops and firefighting planes.
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