Live Updates: Firefighters Battle Raging Wildfires in France and Spain

NYT World Sunday 26 July 2026, 10:10 UTC By The New York Times 1 min read

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Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to flee or take shelter from fast-moving blazes, with another heat wave forecast to hit Europe this week.

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Fires displace people on massive scale and trigger one of the largest peacetime civilian evacuation operations ever carried out in FranceMore than 250,000 people flee wildfires in France and SpainAs my colleagues note in this story, scientists say climate breakdown is triggering more frequent and more extreme weather events, evaporating soils and waterways, fuelling wildfires and leading to thousands of excess deaths. Europe is heating at about twice the global average rate. Spain’s...

The Guardian Environment 2h ago

Spain struggles to contain wildfires: 60,000 evacuated around Madrid

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Live Updates: Firefighters Battle Raging Wildfires in France and Spain

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