Firefighters battle Italy blazes as temperatures soar

Italian firefighters continued to battle blazes in Sicily on Wednesday as temperatures reached record highs. The region's agriculture-meteorological information service reported that the temperature rose to 48.8 Celsius on Wednesday afternoon.

The agency said that it was the highest temperature registered in the entire network since its installation in 2002. Firefighters have been battling blazes in Sardinia, Sicily and Calabria for weeks. The wildfires have killed three people in Italy.