The Latest: Wildfires in Albania threaten a national park

A firefighter works behind a burned-out fire truck during a wildfire near Kalyvia in Greece, Thursday Aug. 3, 2017. Three firefighters have been hospitalized with burns and local authorities have issued an evacuation order for residents near a seaside town of Kalyvia, south of Athens as a wildfire threatened homes in high winds. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) A firefighter works behind a burned-out fire truck during a wildfire near Kalyvia in Greece, Thursday Aug. 3, 2017. Three firefighters have been hospitalized with burns and local authorities have issued an evacuation order for residents near a seaside town of Kalyvia, south of Athens as a wildfire threatened homes in high winds. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

By Associated Press August 3, 2017 2 min read

PARIS (AP) – The Latest on summer wildfires breaking out across Europe (all times local):

5:05 p.m.

Some 300 firefighters and military personnel are working in Albania to keep under control 25 new wildfires that have broken in the last 24 hours.

Albanian authorities have asked for assistance from the European Union to fight some 20 wildfires in the Vlora district along the country’s Riviera.

The Interior ministry on Thursday reported that a fire at a forest in the capital Tirana’s district was extinguished after burning 10 hectares (25 acres). In southwestern Albania, wildfires were threatening the Llogara National Park as the firefighters were unable to extinguish the blaze in the region’s steep mountains. Helicopters were being used to keep fires under control.