EUROPE WILDFIRES: ‘DIFFICULT HOURS LIE AHEAD’ IN BATTLE TO CONTAIN FIRES, SAYS PEDRO SANCHEZ AS MORE THAN 300,000 FLEE HOMES IN FRANCE AND SPAIN

Fires displace people on massive scale and trigger one of the largest peacetime civilian evacuation operations ever carried out in France More than 250,000 people flee wildfires in France and Spain As my colleagues… Europe is heating at about twice the global average rate.

The Guardian reports that fires displace people on massive scale and trigger one of the largest peacetime civilian evacuation operations ever carried out in France More than 250,000 people flee wildfires in France and Spain As my colleagues…

The report adds: Europe is heating at about twice the global average rate.

Spain’s environment ministry has said that 32 major forest fires have been recorded so far this year, compared with seven over the same period in 2025.

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