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SARAJEVO — Croatian hydrogen bombers joined dozens of firefighters on Sunday to help contain wildfires that have killed one man on the Adriatic island of Hvar, Croatian media reported. rice field.
A fire that broke out in the early afternoon threatened a residential area near the town of Starigrad. The man died trying to keep the flames away from his property, the state-run Hina News Agency reported.
Fire chief Ivan Kovacevic said the fire no longer threatened homes and was still burning in the pine forest. "The situation on the ground is good so far," he told Hina.
In the past month, a series of wildfires have raged on Croatia's Adriatic coast, causing a heat wave there. and intensified in many parts of Europe.
(reported by Daria Sito-Sucic, edited by John Stonestreet)
