Europe Broils in Heat Wave That Fuels Fires in France, Spain

A firefighter cries near a wildfire in the Losacio area in north western Spain on Sunday July 17, 2022. Firefighters battled wildfires raging out of control in Spain and France as Europe wilted under an unusually extreme heat wave that authorities in Madrid blamed for hundreds of deaths. (Emilio Fraile/Europa Press via AP) **SPAIN OUT**

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By Associated Press

July 18, 2022 at 8:13 AM UTC

Updated on

July 19, 2022 at 5:44 AM UTC

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La Teste-De-Buch, France (AP) -- A heat wave broiling Europe spilled northward Monday to Britain and fueled ferocious wildfires in Spain and France, which evacuated thousands of people and scrambled water-bombing planes and firefighters to battle flames in tinder-dry forests.

Two people were killed in the blazes in Spain that its prime minister linked to global warming, saying, “Climate change kills.”