Europe wildfires: Spain lets people return, France faces extreme heat

Spain lifted evacuations for Avila province, a day after doing so in parts of the Madrid area. To the north in France, temperatures rose again, with extreme heat warnings in much of the country, including Gironde.

Fires have forced large-scale evacuations of people, scorched through forests and killed wildlife

Firefighters and volunteers raced to contain wildfires on Monday. The crisis has forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate in central Spain and southwest France.

Massive wildfires in France and Spain have forced more than 320,000 evacuations as firefighters battle dangerous conditions ahead of another forecast heat wave.

Blazes ‘far from being under control’ as another heatwave approaches, says France’s civil security agency