FIRES IN EUROPE JULY 2017

The mayor of Naples on Wednesday called for Italy to declare a national state of emergency as firefighters, continued to battle a huge blaze on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius, while almost 300 wildfires raged across the country as a whole.

A total of 70 firefighters, together with Civil Protection volunteers were tackling the fire on the ground and using three helicopters.

Naples mayor called the blaze an "environmental disaster, [which has] destroyed our land, a crime against life. Endless pain."

A forest fire raging through a building near the town of Tivat in Montenegro on Monday 17 July 2017. Credit Savo Prelevic/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images