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Summer wildfires
A look at some of the wildfires raging from North America to Western Europe.
3 August: A horse tries to escape a wildfire burning in the eastern part of Cleveland County, Slaughter, Oklahoma, US.
By
Richard Angwin
Published On 19 Aug 2012
19 Aug 2012
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4 August: Flames rip across La Palma in Spain(***)s Canary Islands.
6 August: A distressed resident of Mannford, Oklahoma, US after her home was destroyed by a wildfire.
9 August: Firefighters approach a blaze near Chihuahua Valley Road in Northern San Diego County, US.
August 9: A waterbomber drops water over a wildfire in Ouranoupoli, northern Greece.
10 August: An image from the European Space Agency shows smoke from a wildfire in Russia.
12 August: Villagers watch a wildfire burning between Chirokitia and Kato Dris villages in the Larnaca district of Cyprus.
August 12: Smoke billows across Chipude Village, La Gomera, in Spain(***)s Canary Islands, threatening some of Europe(***)s oldest surviving forests in the Garajonay National Park.
13 August: Embers whirl at the Springs Fire wildfire in Boise National Forest near Banks-Garden Valley, Idaho, US.
14 August: A plane drops retardant to create a fire break at the Sunlight Waters housing development near Cle Elum, Washingto State, US.
16 August: A wildfire across the Dajti mountain in Albania. The country has battled multiple forest fires since June after several heat waves and months of drought.
17 August: French firefighters douse a forest fire in Lacanau, southwestern France which has destroyed a large swathe of forest and scrubland near a popular seaside and surfing resort.
18 August: People in the of village of Lithi take refuge on the beach as a wildfire burns in the mountains of their island of Chios, Greece.