Severe Forest Fires Raging Across Drought-Stricken Sweden

Severe Forest Fires Raging Across Drought-Stricken Sweden
A fire vehicle is seen as fire burns in Karbole, Sweden, on July 15, 2018. Mats Andersson/AFP/Getty Images
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STOCKHOLM—Forest fires are raging out of control across Sweden after one of the hottest and driest summers in decades.

So far, no casualties have been reported, but thousands of people are being evacuated from the most heavily affected areas in central Sweden.