A fire broke out in the international departure terminal of Baghdad International Airport. Passengers at the terminal were evacuated.
IRAQ Directorate General of Civil Defence stated that the fire started in a cafeteria in the terminal and was taken under control. It was also stated that 3 civil defense personnel affected by the smoke were taken to a hospital.
The cause of the fire is currently unknown.
On Greece’s Aegean island of Chios, five wildfires that began Sunday remain uncontained on day three, despite a state of emergency. Authorities have deployed 11 helicopters, two firefighting planes, 85 vehicles, and 444 firefighters; several villages have been evacuated and a team is probing the cause.
Summer fires are increasingly severe in Greece due to hot, dry conditions and climate change. Ahead of this season, the country hired a record 18,000 firefighters to respond to the heightened risk.
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