Firefighters in France, Spain, and Greece battled multiple wildfires as temperatures reached 40°C (104°F), with France's largest fire burning an area four times the size of Paris. Two firefighters died in a blaze on the Greek island of Crete while crews deployed more than 2,500 personnel across the region.
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Firefighters in southwest France battled an uncontained wildfire four times the size of Paris on Wednesday as temperatures were forecast to reach 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), threatening to turn a calm night into only a brief reprieve. Authorities in the Gironde region said the blaze had not spread overnight, but rising heat and afternoon winds could revive smouldering hotspots, ca
More than 2,500 firefighters in France are battling fires across the country. Meanwhile in Spain, over 1,000 firefighters are trying to contain 16 active fires, with the Avila Fire the country's worst on record. Ramy Inocencio reports.
Two firefighters died in a blaze on the Greek island of Crete Wednesday while crews in France confronted a wildfire four times the size of Paris, officials said.
An uncontained wildfire four times the size of Paris threatened to surge again in southwest France on Wednesday, as three firefighters died in Greece and crews across southern Europe confronted a punishing mix of heat, drought and strong winds. In the forest of Fontainebleau, south of Paris, firefighters were able to gain the upper ground and contain Wednesday's flare-up. Follow our liveblog for t
An uncontained wildfire four times the size of Paris threatened to surge again in southwest France on Wednesday (July 29) — as three firefighters died in Greece and crews across southern Europe confronted a punishing mix of heat, drought and strong winds. apnews.com/article/fran... At the peak of the evacuations, a third of a million people were driven from homes and vacation sites in France and S