SWEDEN

Sweden struggles to contain raging wildfires

Video by: Erin Ogunkeye

Dozens of forest wildfires raged across Sweden on Wednesday, prompting Stockholm to ask for emergency European Union help to fight the blazes, which broke out during an extreme heatwave in the Nordic region.The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) said two Italian firefighting aircraft had been sent to assist in badly hit areas of central Sweden, while Norway had dispatched six helicopters.