Winds hamper firefighters in Turkey as heat wave scorches Southern Europe

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Firefighters in western Turkey were on Monday battling high winds to try and control a large forest fire raging in a coastal area of the Izmir province, a minister said. The fire began around midday on Sunday in the Seferihisar district, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) southwest of the resort city of Izmir, fuelled by high winds of up to 120 kilometres per hour (75 miles per hour). Aroun