Spain's State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) reported that Monday and Tuesday were the warmest June days on record in mainland Spain since at least 1950.

Five Spanish provinces wake on Tuesday to a red weather alert, with highs near 40°C, as dozens of councils extinguish San Juan bonfires over wildfire fears.

Nearly all of Spain was under a heat alert on Tuesday, with parts of the south and north of the country placed on the highest warning level as a heatwave grips most of western…