Istanbul — Turkey faced a “very risky week” for wildfires, an official said Monday, as blazes across parts of southeast Europe and the Balkans damaged homes and led to a huge firefighting operation that included evacuations. Nearly 100 people face prosecution over the fires in Turkey.

Turkey faces a “very risky week” for wildfires, an official said, as blazes across parts of south-east Europe and the Balkans damaged homes and led

Unusually high temperatures, dry conditions, and strong winds have fuelled major wildfires in Turkey and other parts of the eastern Mediterranean.

Firefighters battled blazes across Turkey on Monday as the country sweltered in a summer heatwave across much of the Mediterranean, with wildfires leading to at least 14 deaths in the country in the past week.