Where summer fires have struck from France and Spain to Greece - Wildfires across the continent have forced thousands to evacuate and injured dozens

Spanish authorities have ordered more than 18,000 residents in the northeastern Tarragona province to remain indoors, with several dozen evacuated, as a raging wildfire consumed nearly 3,000 hectares (7,413 acres) of vegetation.

Hundreds of Spanish firefighters on Tuesday battled a forest fire stoked by fierce winds that had burned more than 3,000 hectares, with authorities ordering 18,000 residents to stay at home.

Video. A fast-moving wildfire in Catalonia has scorched more than 8,000 hectares in just 24 hours, as Europe's record-breaking heatwave continues to intensify.

A firefighter in action during extinguishing works of a wildfire near Altura, eastern Spain, on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. A charred traffic sign after a wildfire near Altura, eastern Spain, on Friday,…

MADRID — Some 700 people were evacuated from four small towns in western Spain owing to a wildfire fanned by strong winds that has razed some 8,000 hectares (20,000 acres), officials said Friday.

Soldiers were deployed Sunday in southeastern Spain to join the battle against a major wildfire that is burning for a fourth day, invigorated by stray embers that sparked a new hot spot. The blaze ...

A wildfire burning out of control in Spain’s eastern province of Valencia has become one of the country’s biggest fires this year, and 35 aircraft were deployed to fight it as the blaze…

Wildfires rage in Spain as heatwave peaks. By Reuters. July 31, 2024 5:09 PM UTC Updated July 31, 2024. MADRID, July 31 (Reuters) - Hundreds of firefighters backed ...

Firefighters worked to prevent the blaze from entering France’s second-biggest city, where ash and smoke had spread overnight.