# Three firefighters and a child hospitalised as wildfires rage across Europe

https://mins.news/en/item/21931

- The Guardian, 2026-08-14 07:39 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/aug/14/fires-wildfires-extreme-heat-west-midlands-stourbridge-uk-greece-france-croatia-climate-crisis-europe-latest-news-updates

> A child and three firefighters were hospitalised after a wildfire in Stourbridge, England. More than 500 people were evacuated in France’s Landes region, hundreds of tourists in Greece’s Halkidiki, and at least 19 people were injured near Croatia’s Omiš, with two hospitalised.

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