Rob Gazzard News Today

Wildfires continue to blaze across Greece including Rhodes and Corfu - with Greek authorities hinting at what might have sparked the flames.

It has been almost two years since extensive damage was caused to Killarney National Park by a blaze that ripped through the iconic natural habitat.

The NPWS has engaged a specialist UK company to train staff in Killarney National Park on preventing and responding to wildfires.

Swinley Forest fire lasted seven days. He said deer should have been able to flee but some creatures may have been less lucky, including dragonflies, ground-nesting birds, adders, lizards, slow worms, frogs and toads. Mr Hazlitt added: “Its clearly tremendously devastating. The place will recover - its seen fires before - but in the short term, its going to be a very different landscape and its going to curtail some of the activities that the public enjoy and its going to have a sever...