Wildfires across southern Europe forced thousands of people to flee their homes and prompted authorities to ban spectators from Monday's Tour de France stage that was threatened by one inferno.

Firefighters battle several wildfires in southern France that were fueled by strong winds. Nearly 3,000 tourists and locals were evacuated.

Hundreds of firefighters battled infernos that burnt thousands of hectares in France, Spain and Portugal, three countries where, in some places, temperatures were predicted to…

Greece has avoided the heatwave but fires rage on