Wildfires continue to rage in Europe

19 August 2012 Last updated at 13:37 ET Help

Thousands of hectares of forest land in Europe have been destroyed by wildfires.

Firefighters have been struggling to control blazes in Croatia, Spain, Greece and France.

Planes have been deployed to water-bomb the areas affected but a heat wave is hampering efforts, as Anne-Marie McNerney reports.

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