Deadly blaze in France and mass evacuations in Spain and Portugal as extreme temperatures fuel fire risk

Fast-moving wildfires have broken out in Spain and southern France , killing one and leaving several others injured as tourists and locals are forced to evacuate.

Mediterranean countries are a growing wildfire hotspot, with scientists warning that climate change is driving increasingly hot and dry summers

The fast-moving wildfire in southern France that broke out on Tuesday burned through some 13,000 hectares of land - a swathe as large as Paris.

Deadly blaze in France and mass evacuations in Spain and Portugal as extreme temperatures fuel fire risk

The French blaze, which started on Tuesday in the southern Aude department, is the largest wildfire in the country this summer. It has so far killed one person and injured 13…

The rapidly-growing wildfire, currently burning through an area larger than Paris, in southern France that broke out on Tuesday burned through some 16,000 hectares