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At least six people lost their lives, and eight others were injured after a devastating fire tore through a restaurant in the northern Czech Republic, local emergency services reported on Sunday.

Around 30 firefighting units are battling flames that broke out overnight.

Around 80 firefighters were called out on Tuesday night to battle a massive blaze at a varnish warehouse in the Polish town of Kielce.

Several fires in Lithuania, including two in one week, are suspected to have been caused by exploding electric scooters.

Strong winds fanned fires sparked by downed power lines and carelessness in multiple settlements across Russia’s southern Rostov region, Governor Vasily Golubev reported on Sunday.

Over 1,000 e-scooters have gone up in flames following a huge warehouse blaze in Krakow, southern Poland.

Meteorologists have warned of ‘an alarming fire risk’ across almost all of Poland this weekend and have urged the public to use forests “responsibly” as temperatures soar to over 30°C.

Two firemen have been killed, and at least 10 others are injured after being caught in an explosion that set fire to a tenement block in the western city of Poznań.

A fire broke out at a garbage and construction materials sorting plant in Warsaw’s Siekierki district, marking the second major blaze to hit the capital on Sunday.

The fire has covered more than 5,500 square meters. No information has been provided about injured persons.

Fresh evacuation warnings were issued on Friday for dozens of rural Australian towns as around 1,000 firefighters battled a bushfire in Victoria state, which has destroyed properties, killed livestock, and is threatening to spread through towns.