Cyprus' government spokesman says aircraft from Jordan, Israel and Spain are on their way to help battle a huge wildfire that has claimed the lives of two people. The flames have scorched more than 120 square kilometers or 46 square miles of forested hillsides.

NICOSIA (Reuters) -Two people were killed and hundreds evacuated as a massive wildfire tore through southern Cyprus, destroying homes and threatening communities amid an intense heatwave. At least 100 square kilometres (39 square miles) was razed to the ground in a wine-producing region north of the city of Limassol after the blaze broke out around midday on Wednesday,