Wildfires spread across Spain, France and other parts of Europe close to areas popular with tourists during summer vacations WSJWhatsNow
Wildfires spread across Spain, France and other parts of Europe as torrid heat mixed with months of little rain to make the continent a tinderbox.
In Spain, where heat records have been set repeatedly since June, the temperature topped 115 degrees Fahrenheit in some areas over the weekend. Firefighters have been confronting wildfires since June. On Spain’s Costa del Sol on the Mediterranean coast, authorities evacuated several thousand people as fires spread toward inhabited areas.
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