Forest fires raged in southern Europe while temperatures pass 40c

A burning heat wave feeds dozens of forest fires in parts of southern Europe, forcing thousands of people at home and pushing temperatures above 40c (104F).

Red heat alerts have been issued in some parts of Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and the Balkans, warning significant risks for health.

Spain’s meteorological service, AEMET, said that temperatures could reach 44C (111.2F) in Seville and Cordoba, while the authorities in southern Portugal also warned 44C possible summits.

In Italy, a child died on Monday from heat stroke, and very cantos, north of the Spanish capital, Madrid, a man who suffered serious burns died in the hospital, officials said.

Hundreds of residents of very cantos have been forced to leave their homes among Spain forest fires and that the Regional Minister of the Environment described the fire as having “explosive characteristics due to a dry storm which brought winds of more than 70 km / h (43.5 MPH)”.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez posted on X on Tuesday and said that rescue services “worked tirelessly to turn fires.” “We are at extremely at risk of forest fires. Please, be very careful,” he added.

In the northwest region of Spain in Castille and Léon, nearly 4,000 people were evacuated and more than 30 flames were reported – with a threatening las las, a UNESCO World Heritage Site renowned for its old gold mines.

2,000 other people were evacuated from hotels and houses near Tarifa tourist hotspot in the southern Andalusia region.

Nearly 1,000 soldiers were deployed to fight forest fires across the country, forest fires.

In neighboring Portugal, the firefighters fought against three large forest fires, with the most serious near Trancoso contained in the center of the country on Tuesday.

More than 1,300 firefighters and 14 planes were deployed, Morocco sending two aircraft after breaking the Portuguese water bombers, Reuters reported. The authorities warned that the southern regions could reach 44C, the temperature that should not drop below 25 ° C.

A child died on Monday from heat stroke in Italy, where temperatures of 40C should strike later this week and red heat alerts were in place for 16 cities, including Rome, Milan and Florence.

The four -year -old Romanian boy, who was found unconscious in a car in Sardinia was transported by plane to Rome hospital but died due to irreversible brain lesions, was allegedly caused by heat strokes, medical authorities told AFP.

Almost three -quarters of France was placed on Tuesday under thermal alerts, with temperatures planned to reach 36C in the Paris region and 40C in the Rhône valley.

The French Minister of Health, Catherine Vautrin, said that hospitals had been prepared for the benefits of the country’s second heat wave in a few weeks. On Monday, 80 meteorological stations broke the August records, 58 reaching peaks of all time.

In Greece, Gale-Force Winds turned off fires on the Zakynthos tourist islands and Cephalonia, causing evacuations from village and hotel. Another fire near the Greek city west of Vonitsa has threatened houses, while four areas on the continent also faced evacuations.

Northwestern Turkey, the province of Canakkale, has seen a major strength of hundreds of their homes. Canakkale Governor Omer Toraman said in an article on X that seven aircraft and six helicopters tackled fire on Tuesday.

He added that the Dardanelles Strait, a navigable track connecting the Aegean Sea to the Marmara Sea, was closed to allow the planes and helicopters breathtaking to operate safely.

Forest fires in Albania forced people to evacuate their homes on Monday, while in Croatia, a large fire raged in the split and was contained on Tuesday. A major forest fire swept the village of Piperi near the capital of Montenegro Podgorica, devastating houses in the region.

Parties of the United Kingdom are suffocating in its fourth heat wave of the year, with Amber and Yellow thermal health alerts in place for all of England and potential summits of 34 ° C.

Scientists warn global warming make the Mediterranean summers warmer and drier, feeding longer and more intense fire seasons.