A heat wave broiling Europe fuelled ferocious wildfires on Monday in Spain and France, which evacuated thousands of people and scrambled water-bombing planes and firefighters to battle flames in tinder-dry forests. In France, heat records were broken and swirling hot winds complicated firefighting in the country’s southwest. A firefighter reacts as a wildfire burns near Tabara, in the province of Zamora, Spain, on Monday. Passengers take photos at a wildfire while travelling on a train in Zamora, Spain, on Monday. Croatia sent a water-dropping plane there to help after struggling last week with its own wildfires along the Adriatic Sea.

Source: CBC News July 19, 2022 08:45 UTC