Firefighters race to extinguish blazes across EU as fire weather breaks records
Residents and firefighters work to extinguish an advancing wildfire near Formariz in Zamora province in Spain on Wednesday. Photograph: Ümit Bektaş/ReutersView image in fullscreenResidents and firefighters work to extinguish an advancing wildfire near Formariz in Zamora province in Spain on Wednesday. The figure is nearly five times the average for this time of year but shy of the devastation reached by late July during the 2022 fires.Regional authorities in Madrid said the fire situation had been declared “stable” but residents of seven housing estates were unable to return home.
- ▪Residents and firefighters work to extinguish an advancing wildfire near Formariz in Zamora province in Spain on Wednesday.
- ▪Photograph: Ümit Bektaş/ReutersView image in fullscreenResidents and firefighters work to extinguish an advancing wildfire near Formariz in Zamora province in Spain on Wednesday.
- ▪The figure is nearly five times the average for this time of year but shy of the devastation reached by late July during the 2022 fires.Regional authorities in Madrid said the fire situation had been declared “stable” but residents of seven
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Residents and firefighters work to extinguish an advancing wildfire near Formariz in Zamora province in Spain on Wednesday. Photograph: Ümit Bektaş/ReutersView image in fullscreenResidents and firefighters work to extinguish an advancing wildfire near Formariz in Zamora province in Spain on Wednesday. Photograph: Ümit Bektaş/ReutersWildfiresFirefighters race to extinguish blazes across EU as fire weather breaks recordsEuropean Forest Fire Information Service figures show conditions in EU 43% more severe than for same period in last 20 years Ajit NiranjanThu 30 Jul 2026 08.04 EDTLast modified on Thu 30 Jul 2026 08.15 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleFire weather in the EU has broken records for severity for this time of year, new data shows, as firefighters race to extinguish blazes…
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