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Mountain wild fires rage on in southern Bosnia
BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Hercegovina (AFP) Aug 19, 2003
 Forest fires continued to ravage southern Bosnia on Tuesday, where over 6,000 hectares (15,000 acres) of brush and forest have been destroyed since June, local authorities said.

Firefighters near the southern town of Bileca struggled for the seventh consecutive day to contain a fire there that has so far destroyed over 2,700 hectares.

The fires are often in mountainous areas where access is difficult, further complicating the firefighters' task.

Police on Tuesday said they had arrested someone on suspicion of starting fires near the southern town of Trebinje, where some 2,350 hectares of brush and forest have been destroyed by fire in recent weeks.

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