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Two firefighters are dead and three left fighting for their lives after truck crashed while rushing to battle blaze

The tragic incident occurred in Portugal around 7pm on Sunday in the village of São Francisco de Assis as the crew rushed to ...
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Spain deploys 500 more troops to battle wildfires amid heat wave

Spain is deploying a further 500 soldiers to battle wildfires that have torn through parched woodland during a prolonged spell of scorching weather, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez sai ...

Spain battles 20 major wildfires amid scorching heat, deploys more troops

VILLARDEVÓS (Reuters) -Scorching heat hampered efforts to contain 20 major wildfires across Spain on Sunday, prompting the ...

Spain adds 500 more troops to battle wildfires as country bakes under extended heatwave

Spain is deploying an additional 500 soldiers to combat raging wildfires, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced on Sunday, ...

European wildfire smoke dampens UK heatwave with unusually hazy conditions

Smoke from wildfires in Southern Europe has brought hazy conditions to the UK, disrupting the current heatwave, forecasters ...

Wildfires in Spain and Portugal force evacuations and deployment of thousands of emergency personnel

A heatwave is continuing to affect the Iberian Peninsula. Thousands of firefighters have been deployed to battle ongoing ...

Spain battles 14 major fires with more expected

VILLANUEVA DE LA SIERRA, Spain, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Spain battled 14 major fires driven by high winds and aggravated by heat ...

Spain, Portugal, Greece fight wildfires

Firefighters in Spain, Portugal and Greece battled ongoing wildfires Friday, an important religious holiday in all three ...

Sustainable Switch Climate Focus: Wildfires rage across southern Europe

This is an excerpt of the Sustainable Switch Climate Focus newsletter, where we make sense of companies and governments ...