The EU has reached record highs in a blazing, deadly summer that's nowhere near cooling. France and Spain are now using the EU's solidarity mechanism to curb uncontrollable flames, and the EU plans to buy its own fleet in preparation for the crisis worsening in future.

Other European Union countries have been sending help to Spain and France in the form of aircraft, fire crews and vehicles.

Europe's emergency response mechanism ‘not sufficient’ as uncontrolled fires rage in France and Spain