Firefighters battled to contain wildfires sweeping across southwest Europe on Sunday as a heatwave showed no sign of abating, with Britain poised to set new temperature records this coming week.
In Spain, firefighters managed to stabilize a wildfire that ravaged 2,000 hectares of woods and bushes in the southern region of Andalusia, regional leader Juan Manuel Moreno said.
A fireman died from burns on Sunday while battling a blaze in Spain's northwestern province of Zamora, the regional government said. "There are no words to express thanks to those who fight fires without rest for their immense work. RIP," heSanchez is due to visit the hard-hit eastern region of Extremadura on Monday where various fires have been raging for days.
And on Saturday, a 60-year-old street cleaner in Madrid died after suffering heat stroke while working the previous day.In Portugal, almost the entire country remained on high alert for wildfires despite a slight drop in temperatures, after hitting 47 degrees Celsius – a record for the month of July – on Thursday.The fires have killed two, injured around 60 and destroyed between 12,000 and 15,000 hectares of land in Portugal.
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