Firefighters encountered a dangerous phenomenon never before recorded in France – a “fire cloud” that is more commonly seen in Australia during the most extreme bushfires.

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…

The fires in Spain and France advanced quickly because of tinderbox conditions worsened by successive heatwaves.

Firefighters in France and Spain are battling massive wildfires that have displaced over 320,000 people and threatened Bordeaux as another heatwave looms. Fires remain out of…