A forest fire that was preventing tourists from ... and made it difficult for travellers to drive to other resorts because of the smoke. The cause of the fire is being investigated by Fire ...

Smoke from a large forest fire in northwestern Russia has continued to drift into northern Finnish Lapland, according to local authorities. Rescue services in Lapland have received several reports ...

Smoke has also been detected in the Pardubice area, 180km to the south-east. Hundreds of Czech firefighters were deployed as the fire destroyed areas of forest and homes in the village of Mezna.