Firefighters battle to control wildfires across Europe

21 August 2012 Last updated at 04:04 ET Help

Teams of firefighters are battling to control wildfires in Spain, Greece and Croatia as temperatures soar.

Residents have been forced to evacuate their homes and thousands of hectares of land has been scorched.

Wendy Urquhart reports.

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