Greek wildfire kills two people as aircraft deployed to blaze at Belgian nature reserve

Couple die in Salamis and Belgium battling its biggest fire in more than a century near German border

An elderly couple died in fires on the Greek island of Salamis on Sunday and a fire ravaged Belgium’s largest nature reserve, in the latest wave of European wildfires.

The couple died outside their home in the Peristeria beach area of Salamis, Greece’s coastguard said. More than 500 people were ordered to evacuate.