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 heatwaves and drought affecting southern Europe.

Southern Europe’s wildfires intensify amid a searing heatwave and major religious holidays.

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.

Teile Spaniens stehen in Flammen, Und auch in Portugal brennt es derzeit so heftig wie seit Jahren nicht mehr.

Fires in Spain have burned 390,000 acres in 2025 - around the size of metropolitan London - with Europe warming twice as fast as the global average.

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

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Spain has sent 500 more troops to wildfire-affected regions, bringing the total deployed to 1,900.

Emergency services are under strain due to the ‘worst’ fires in Portugal in years, Al Jazeera’s Sonia Gallego says.

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…

Wildfires in Spain and Portugal burn record land and force evacuations as heatwave and drought spur the flames.

Il Portogallo ha la più vasta area bruciata nell'UE con il 2,35% del territorio, in Spagna carbonizzati 343.000 ettari di vegetazione

The country’s weather agency expects temperatures to fall and humidity to rise, but adverse conditions remain in south.

Firefighters are battling 21 blazes in western Spain, while a man in Portugal was killed while fighting wildfires.

Die Feuerwehr in Spanien macht Fortschritte im Kampf gegen die Feuer – auch dank Unterstützung aus dem Ausland. Die Züge zwischen Madrid und Galicien fahren wieder. Aber mehr als…