Authorities across southern Europe battled on Sunday to control wildfires burning across thousands of hectares of land in countries including Spain, Greece and France, where thousands of people have been evacuated in soaring temperatures.
In Spain, helicopters dropped water on the flames as searing heat and often mountainous terrain made the job harder for firefighters.
In Malaga province, wildfires raged into the night, affecting local residents near Mijas, a town popular with northern European tourists. "It was very fast .... I didn’t take it too seriously. I thought they had it under control and I was quite surprised when it seemed to be moving in our direction and then we were told to go. So we have left a lot of stuff behind," William, 68, told Reuters.A helicopter works on containing a wildfire at Garganta de los Infiernos natural reserve, during the second heatwave of the year, in Jerte, Spain, July 17, 2022.
Portugal's Health Ministry said late on Saturday that in the last seven days 659 people died due to the heatwave, most of them elderly. It said the weekly peak of 440 deaths was on Thursday, when temperatures exceeded 40C in several regions and 47C at a meteorological station in the district of Vizeu in the centre of the country.
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