Wildfires rage in southern Italy, man dies

ROME: Fires ravaged southern Italy on Wednesday, burning thousands of acres of land and killing a man in his home, as temperatures hit records well above 40 degrees Celsius (104°F) and hot winds stoked the flames.

Multiple blazes erupted in Calabria, the toe of Italy's boot, where a 76-year-old man died after his house collapsed due to the flames, Ansa news agency reported. "Yet another victim of the fires. We are losing our history, our identity is turning to ashes, our soul is burning," the mayor of Reggio Calabria, Giuseppe Falcomata, wrote on Facebook. He urged people to keep away from the affected areas.