Huge blaze threatens village in southern Croatia

Several dozen residents were evacuated from a village in southern Croatia on Tuesday as firefighters struggled to keep a raging forest fire away from houses, state television HRT reported. It said a huge blaze had surrounded the village of Trstenik on the southern Peljesac peninsula, one of Croatia's most famous wine-growing regions, during the night. A fire line more than two kilometers (1.2 miles) long was still devouring a thick pine forest and vineyards on Tuesday morning, the television...

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