Wildfires fueled by climate change ravage Mediterranean

Fires are raging in Spain, Portugal and Greece, but have proven most deadly in western Turkey this summer. The World’s Durrie Bouscaren reports from the countryside outside the city of Bursa on how climate change is making wildfire season a new reality in a region known for ample rainfall.

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