US EditionWildfires Rage Across Europe as Heatwave Continues
Wildfires fueled by extreme heat and strong winds have burned nearly 440,000 hectares in southern Europe this year, with arson investigations underway amid multiple evacuations and fatalities.
- On Wednesday, wildfires fanned by a heatwave and strong winds continued to rage across southern Europe, burning homes, farms and factories and forcing thousands to evacuate.
- On Tuesday shortly after 5pm, Andalucia's fire department received calls after a lightning strike ignited forests, and Spanish Environment Minister Sara Aagesen said many fires were suspected arson due to their `virulence`.
- According to the EU Science Hub’s Joint Research Centre, fires scorched nearly 440,000 hectares in 2025, with firefighters hosed down houses and evacuated over 5,000 residents in Castile and Leon.
- Amid the wildfires, a volunteer firefighter in Spain died from severe burns, becoming the sixth wildfire-related fatality this year, and several others were hospitalised.
- Alexander Held of the European Forest Institute said unprepared landscapes endanger firefighters and urged buffer zones and vegetation clearing, with Greenpeace estimating that investing 1 billion euros annually could save the size of Portugal and 99 billion euros in costs.
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Wildfires fanned by heatwave and strong winds rage across Europe - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
Wildfires caused by arsonists or thunderstorms and fanned by a heatwave and strong winds wreaked destruction across southern Europe on Wednesday, burning homes and forcing thousands of residents and tourists to flee.
Wildfires blaze across southern Europe | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
ATHENS, Greece -- Wildfires intensified across southern Europe on Wednesday with a round-the-clock battle to protect the perimeter of Greece's third-largest city and at least three deaths reported in Spain, Turkey and Albania.
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