Southern Europe Wildfire Crisissince Jul 25

Southern Europe Wildfires

Deadly heat-fueled blazes in France and Greece force mass firefighting efforts.

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2 firefighters die in Greece as crews in France fight massive blaze 4 times the size of Paris

Firefighters killed in Greece as European wildfire struggle continues - UPI.com

France Battles Worst Wildfire on Record as Flames and Heat Sweep Southern Europe

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A heat wave forecast to push temperatures to 40 C threatened to reignite an uncontained wildfire near Bordeaux that has burned an area four times the size of Paris after a calmer night for crews. Firefighters in southwestern France entered an eighth day of operations July 29 against the country’s worst wildfire on record. In Greece, three firefighters died while battling blazes on Crete and in the south of the mainland. France and Spain have evacuated roughly 330,000 people as Spain fought its largest recorded fire.

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