Wildfire rages in remote Finnish valley

HELSINKI: Finland's worst wildfire in more than half a century scorched the country's northwest for a fifth day on Friday, tearing through forests left dry by record summer heat.

Firefighters were brought in from across Finland to the remote Kalajoki river valley, with 250 people and four helicopters working to put out the flames, emergency responders said. Strong winds blowing flames from treetop to treetop had made it the country's second-biggest wildfire of all time, covering some 300 hectares and exceeded only by an outbreak in the same region 51 years ago.