Drought and fires in several countries in Europe

Southern Norway has recorded 350 fires in the last two weeks, reports the Norwegian radio and television company NRK. In Osterøy in Hordaland, firefighters were unable to extinguish a forest fire by helicopter on Saturday

. According to the Directorate of Civil Protection and Preparedness, the Norwegian equivalent of the Swedish Civil Protection and Preparedness Agency (MSB). The country's worst fire is at Lake Vermund in Hedmark, but he says the situation is under control.

In Denmark, closed the îlebelø tourist island due to drought, reports DR radio and television. This because it would be difficult for the rescue service to get there if it started to burn on the island.

A forest fire spread in northeastern Finland on the Russian side to the Raja-Jooseppi border. The fire was limited to a few acres, but people are advised not to stay in the national park at the border named after former president Urho Kekkonen. Even in Salla, east of Rovaniemi, fires are threatening to develop on the Russian side

. Already in the early summer, warnings for forest fires in Finland were rejected and introduced fire bans in several regions. Thanks to the rain, the situation has become easier. According to Svenska Yle, the largest forest fires in Pyhäranta are about 70 hectares and have resulted in the removal of about twenty buildings

In 1945, a national disaster permit for the agricultural sector was delivered in Latvia. June. The country has also asked for previous payments from the EU to farmers.

A city in western Latvia has been evacuated since a big rush was approaching, reports the AFP news agency. Firefighters still work to extinguish it. Volunteers, including local farmers who carried water in their tractors through the woods, helped put out the work.

Farmers in Germany who suffered a drought in May and June are also experiencing difficult times. The country's agricultural producers have warned that the year's harvest would drop by 20 to 50 percent, according to AFP.

In the state of Saxony-Anhalt in eastern Germany, a fire destroyed about 80 hectares of forest. England has been burning for three weeks. Police suspect that the fire was erected. On Thursday it was extinguished

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