Sweden Evacuates Homes as Biggest Forest Fire Threatens Town
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Swedish authorities are preparing to evacuate thousands of more people as emergency services struggle to contain the biggest forest fire on record to hit the country.
The blaze, near Sala about 60 miles (100 kilometers) northwest of the capital Stockholm, has been raging since Thursday. Villages including Gammelby and Vaestervaala have been evacuated and preparations are in place for similar actions in Norberg, a town of 4,500 people, should the fire spread, according to the Vaestmanland County Administrative Board. The fires have so far claimed one human life.