Near Bordeaux, a wildfire grew so intense it spawned self-feeding firestorms, forcing 220,000 people from their homes.

Authorities evacuated France’s Cap Ferret peninsula and districts as winds and temperatures up to 37°C fueled its largest wildfire this year; Spain declared its first national…

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…