A record-breaking heatwave in Europe has fuelled concerns that early summer blasts will become the norm as climate change takes hold:
In a major incident in France, a fire triggered by the firing of an artillery shell in military training in the Var region of southern France was burning some 200 hectares of vegetation, local authorities said.
Daniel Toffaloni, a 60-year-old farmer near the southern city of Perpignan, now only works from "daybreak until 11.30am" and in the evening, as temperatures in his tomato greenhouses reach a sizzling 55C. There have also been fires in Germany, where temperatures were forecast to go as high as 40C on Saturday, although only reached 36C. A blaze in the Brandenburg region around Berlin had spread over about 60 hectares by Friday evening.The UK recorded its hottest day of the year on Friday, with temperatures reaching over 30C in the early afternoon, meteorologists said.
Several towns in northern Italy have announced water rationing and the Lombardy region may declare a state of emergency as a record drought threatens harvests.
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