A sleepy Lapland fire station is calling in help from all corners to fight the unprecedented wildfires sweeping the region.

Its only mid-May but the mini heatwave has left large areas of Sweden bone-dry, leading to a ban on public fires in several areas.

The risk of wildfires is biggest locally in Skåne, Gotland and eastern parts of southern and central Sweden.Inland in the far north of Norrland is also ...