Europe burns under ‘nightmare’ wildfires as alerts issued for tourism hotspots
Man dies in wildfire as heatwave grips Europe
- A devastating wildfire near Madrid, which claimed one life and forced the evacuation of 180 people, has been successfully contained by firefighters.
- The victim was a man who died after suffering burns to 98 per cent of his body, with the blaze ravaging over 1,000 hectares of land in the Tres Cantos area.
- This incident occurred amid a series of intense heatwaves gripping Europe, with temperatures exceeding 40C in southern France and the Western Balkans.
- Europe is experiencing significantly faster warming than the global average, with land temperatures rising about 2.3C above pre-industrial levels, intensifying heatwaves and driving record fire seasons.
- Wildfires are also burning across other European countries, including France, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Turkey, and Hungary, with several regions issuing high-level heat warnings and reporting record temperatures.