The amount of land burned by wildfires across Europe has increased by 57 per cent in four years, according to new data from the World Health Organization (WHO) in Europe.

Fresh surge of heat forecast in Mediterranean regions with high temperatures of up to 44 degrees

Firefighters battling wildfires in Spain and France on Wednesday said the risk of more blazes over the coming days was very high, even as a major fire...

The fires come as southern Europe endures another spell of severe heat, with temperatures topping 40C in some areas.

Wildfires continued to sweep across swathes of Italy, France and Spain on Thursday, forcing thousands to flee from blazes fanned by scorching temperatures and strong winds. In…

Here are the main events related to the fires raging in Europe.