Firefighters battled massive blazes tearing through forests across France and Spain Monday, as authorities warned of a fresh heatwave set to engulf the scorched French wine-growing region around the major city of Bordeaux.

The violence of fires, fuelled by high temperatures and the long-term effects of climate change, has caught authorities off guard, with firefighters in Spain admitting the fires…

Over 166,000 people were evacuated in France and Spain as unprecedented forest fires raged near Madrid and Bordeaux, a French city flanked by tourist havens and world-renowned…