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Wildfires Force Mass Evacuations as Spain Declares Emergency and France Deploys Troops

Scientists link successive heatwaves and drought to human-driven climate change, triggering fast-moving blazes that overwhelmed local fire services, prompted Spain's national emergency, France's military deployment, EU aerial support

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Mediterranean Wildfires Continue Across Multiple Countries During Record Heatwave

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Crete Wildfire Subsides as New Blaze Forces Evacuations East of Athens

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New Wildfire Near Athens Follows Contained Blazes on Chios

Human Activity

Wildfires Force Mass Evacuations as Spain Declares Emergency and France Deploys Troops

Tens of Thousands Evacuated as Wildfires Spread in France and Spain

Blaenavon Wildfire Grows to More Than 200 Hectares as Crisis Plan Is Activated

Iwate Wildfires Force 3,200 to Evacuate as Two Blazes Burn Into Fourth Day

Mediterranean Wildfires Continue Across Multiple Countries During Record Heatwave

Crete Wildfire Subsides as New Blaze Forces Evacuations East of Athens

New Wildfire Near Athens Follows Contained Blazes on Chios