Croatia fights dozens of fires along Adriatic coast

A firefighter walks in a burnt-out house in the village of Zrnovnica, near the Adriatic coastal town of Split in July 2017ZAGREB, AFP, 22 August 2017 - Croatian firefighters and armed forces were fighting dozens of wildfires on Monday along the Adriatic coastline and on the popular tourist islands of Hvar and Brac, officials said.

The situation was most severe in the mountains around the mainland city of Zadar, where 32 fires have broken out since late Sunday, according to Slavko Tucakovic, chief commander of Croatia's firefighters.