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Spain, Portugal, and Greece battle wildfires as heat wave is expected to last for days

The fires in Spain this year have burned 158,000 hectares or 610 square miles, according to the European Union’s European Forest Fire Information System. That is an area roughly as big as metropolitan ...
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Europe braces for more fire danger amid mass evacuations

Europe’s wildfire crisis intensified as blazes across Greece, Spain, France and Portugal forced thousands to from their homes ...
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Wildfires sweep Spain, Portugal and Greece during unremitting heatwave

In Galicia, fires shut down several highways and halted high-speed rail services to Madrid. The EU’s European Forest Fire Information System reported that wildfires in Spain this year have already ...

Thousands displaced in Greece, Spain and Portugal as wildfires continue to rage

At least three have been killed as the European Commission said requests to help tackle wildfires this week reached the same ...
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Thousands battle Greece fires as heatwave bakes Europe

Greece battled a dozen major wildfires on Wednesday, including one threatening its third-largest city Patras, as a heatwave ...

Greece, Spain and Portugal race to contain wildfires as EU steps up cross-border help

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Fire crews in Greece, Spain and Portugal raced Thursday to contain wildfires, taking advantage of ...

'Cooked alive': Europe's wildfires hit tourism spots and forests

Firefighters across Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey and the Balkans were battling wildfires on Tuesday, with another heatwave ...

Wildfires intensify across southern Europe and kill at least three

Outside the Greek port city of Patras, firefighters struggled to protect homes and agricultural facilities as flames tore ...

Wildfire menaces major Greek city as heatwave grips Europe

Heatwave blanketing southern Europe are sparking blazes from Portugal to the Balkans with a major fire in Greece.