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.

Cyprus' government spokesman says aircraft from Jordan, Lebanon, Israel and Spain are on their way to help battle a huge wildfire that has claimed the lives of two people

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,