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PALINI, Greece (AP) -- Nearly 500 firefighters struggled to contain a large wildfire that threatened hillside suburbs outside Athens for a second day

Thousands are dead, and wildfires are still burning across Europe, yet European officials are signaling no substantial action will be taken to halt emissions that are fueling global warming.

LA TESTE-DE-BUCH, France (AP) — Investigators probing the suspected deliberate lighting of what has become a raging wildfire in southwest France detained a man for questioning, as firefighters and water-bombing planes on Tuesday fought ferocious flames there and in other parts of Europe that have baked in extreme heat.

By Renee Maltezou and Kate Holton

Investigators have detained a man for questioning in their probe of a raging wildfire in southwest France that appears to have been deliberately set.

Europe is ill prepared for extreme heat fed by global warming. For the first time on record, parts of Britain hit 40 degrees Celsius — 104 Fahrenheit — as did Paris for only the third time.

ATHENS (Reuters) - Hundreds of firefighters on Wednesday battled a wildfire that raged for a second day in mountains near Athens, burning homes and cars and forcing the evacuation of

A large wildfire broke out in Mount Penteli, just north of Athens, on Tuesday afternoon, forcing the residents of semi-mountainous settlements to evacuate

LONDON (AP) — Britain shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered Tuesday amid a heat wave that has seared swaths of Europe, as the U.K.s national weather forecaster said

A Greek wildfire fueled by gale-force winds raged in the mountainous region of Penteli near Athens on Tuesday, prompting authorities to order the evacuation of at least four areas and a hospital.