(250815) -- NAPLES, Aug. 15, 2025 (Xinhua) -- A firefighting helicopter tackles a wildfire at the Vesuvius National Park in Naples, Italy, Aug. 11, 2025. A prolonged summer of extreme heat and drought has pushed vast parts of Europe into a severe wildfire crisis, triggering mass evacuations, claiming lives and inflicting heavy damage on forests, farmland and infrastructure.

TO GO WITH "Roundup: Heat, drought, negligence: drivers of Europe's 2025 wildfire crisis" (Xinhua)