A historically hot summer on the planet's fastest-warming continent has contributed to the deaths of thousands of people -- and increased the risk of wildfires, with blazes periodically sweeping through parched landscapes.There was to be no relief from the heat Friday, with some 150 million Europeans -- particularly in France, Germany, Spain and Italy -- set to experience temperatures over 35C, according to AFP calculations.Here's what to know.CroatiaCroatian firefighters were tackling "one of the worst" wildfires in the country's history, fire chief Slavko Tucakovic said, as flames engulfed homes and injured 19 people on the coast.
The flames near the town of Omis engulfed homes and injured 19 people on the coast © MIROSLAV LELAS / AFP
Around 2,000 had been evacuated from nearby villages as the fire ripped through the surrounding hills, damaging homes and destroying cars in the early hours.As access reopened mid-morning, AFP saw the blackened remains of several burnt-out cars along roads near Omis, some ringed by silver puddles of metal that had melted under the intense heat of the fires.Spain
Firefighters taking away the bones of the first Aragonese kings as a blaze threatens the San Juan de la Pena Monastery in Spain © Handout / UME/AFP
