Strong winds and hot, dry weather frustrated French firefighters' efforts to contain a huge wildfire that raced across pine forests in the Bordeaux region, one of several wildfires scorching Europe this week. 9News
Among the worst fires have been in Portugal, where the pilot of a firefighting plane died Friday when his plane crashed while on an operation in the northeast. It was the first fire fatality in Portugal this year but the blazes have injured more than 160 people this week and forced hundreds to be evacuated.
Some 3000 firefighters backed by water-dumping planes are battling the blazes in southern France, the president said, and Greece sent firefighting equipment to help. Across the border, Spain was struggling to contain several fires, including two that have burned about 7,400 hectares .
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