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Firefighters and police use hoses and rakes in an attempt to put out a fire in Nemocon, 60 kilometers north of Colombia's capital Bogota. The South American country has appealed for international aid as it continues to battle dozens of forest fires burning vast swathes of land and encroaching on homes in the capital. IMAGES
Firefighters attempt to put out wildfires that have broken out in the Cerros Orientales, causing smoky conditions in the Colombian capital of Bogota. IMAGES
Firefighters keep battling a wildfire raging "out of control" on Spain's holiday island of Tenerife that has burnt more than 1800 hectares. The fire, which broke out on Tuesday night, is raging through a forested area with steep ravines, forcing road closures and the evacuation of several villages. IMAGES
Firefighters backed by soldiers continue to battle a wildfire in western Spain that has forced hundreds of people to evacuate from nearby villages, officials said. Local authorities blame arson for the blaze, which broke out Wednesday near the village of Pinofranqueado in the sparsely populated region of Extremadura bordering Portugal. IMAGES
Hundreds of firefighters continue to battle Spain's first major forest fire of the year, as authorities say that they're beginning to make headway in limiting the blaze. "The overall development is positive," firefighters in the province of Castellon, where the fire broke out on Thursday afternoon, said on Twitter. The fire has already burnt 3,800 hectares of vegetation and led to the evacuation of 1,500 people in the Valencia area. More than 500 men are still fighting the flames. IMAGES