The European Commission is deploying firefighting aircraft to Spain, where at least seven have died as 14 wildfires have flared amid a European heat wave.

Spain has activated an EU disaster assistance mechanism for fires for the first time ever.

The European Union has sent two planes to assist Spain in taking care of wildfires, after Spain activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism for the first time ever for forest…

Firefighter in Spain dies from severe burns, as EU assistance sent to Greece, Spain, Bulgaria, Montenegro and Albania.

epa12303976 Flames and smoke rise from a forest fire in A Rua, Galicia, Spain, 16 August 2025. On 13 August, Spain activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism for the first time…

The European Commission is deploying firefighting aircraft to Spain, where at least seven have died as 14 wildfires have flared amid a European heat wave.

Authorities are awaiting the arrival of two Dutch water-dumping planes, expected to join other EU aircraft.

Fires have ravaged more than 450,000 hectares of land across the Iberian peninsula since the start of the year, setting records in a region particularly hard hit by intensive…