A record-breaking heat wave could cause “danger to life” in the U.K., forecasters warn as scorching temperatures fuel wildfires and prompt weather warnings in several European countries.
A man uses a drinking fountain to cool his face in Paris on Wednesday.In the Bordeaux region of southwestern France, 12,200 people have been forced to evacuate their homes as wildfires sweep through, the local authority for the Gironde Department said in a statement Saturday.
Although one of the fires had been partially contained, hotter temperatures and winds over the weekend could complicate the firefighting efforts, according to the department's statement.said Friday during a visit to the government crisis management center at the Interior Ministry in Paris. On Saturday, More than 3,000 firefighters continued to battle multiple blazes as citizens desperately sought to save their homes.in the northern Portuguese municipality of Torre de Moncorvo, near the Spanish border.
Meanwhile, in neighboring Spain, temperatures topped 104 degrees for several days while firefighters struggled to control a fire erupted by a lightning strike on Monday in the west-central Las Hurdes area that consumed about 13,600 acres of land.Around 400 people from eight villages were evacuated on Thursday as flames approached their homes and spread into the nearby Monfrague National Park. In the Spanish town of Seville, some unions called for workers to be sent home.
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