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EU to send wildfire help to Spain

EU sending assistance for Spain wildfires

The European Union has sent two planes to assist Spain in taking care of wildfires, after Spain activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism for the first time ever for forest fires.

EU to send wildfire help to Spain as death toll rises

The European Union is sending two planes to help Spain tackle wildfires raging across the country, which have so far killed three people. Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska told local media he had requested two water bomber aircraft from the EU to be deployed to the worst affected regions.

AFP on MSN · 3h

Spain suffers third wildfire death, Greece beats back flames

Spain on Thursday mourned its third wildfire death this week and Greece began beating back a blaze threatening its third-largest city Patras as an unrelenting heatwave stoked tinderbox conditions in southern Europe.

Greece battles wildfires

USA TODAY · 3h

Wildfires fanned by heatwave and strong winds rage across Europe

Wildfires wreaked destruction across southern Europe, burning homes and forcing thousands of residents and tourists to flee.

Greece battles wildfires as heatwave rages across southern Europe

Firefighters are battling several wildfires in Greece as a scorching heatwave wreaks havoc across southern Europe. In the past 24 hours alone, more than 152 new fires have broken out across Greece - and thousands of people have been evacuated.

LA Times on MSN · 22h

Wildfires kill at least 3 and displace thousands across southern Europe

Outside the Greek port city of Patras, firefighters struggled to protect homes and agricultural facilities as flames tore through pine forests and olive groves.

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Greece, Spain and Portugal race to contain wildfires as EU steps up cross-border help

Fire crews in Greece, Spain, and Portugal are racing to contain wildfires. Calmer winds on Thursday have helped slow the ...

Spain issues emergency appeal as deadly wildfires scorch southern Europe

The EU is sending two water-bombing planes to Spain, where temperatures are expected to exceed 44°C this weekend ...

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Second volunteer dies battling wildfire in Spain's Leon province

A second volunteer firefighter who suffered severe burns while battling a wildfire in Spain's northern Leon province has died ...

Wildfires sweep S. Europe as Spain seeks EU aid, Greece gains ground

Southern Europe reeled Thursday under an unrelenting heatwave that has stoked deadly wildfires from Spain to Greece, torching ...

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Spain gripped by violent wildfires: Three dead, nearly 60,000 hectares destroyed in one week

Almost no region of the country has been spared by wildfires, which have overwhelmed thousands of firefighters. 'Spain is ...

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'Cooked Alive': Europe's Wildfires Hit Tourism Spots and Forests

In Greece at Europe's southernmost tip, wildfires in some cases fanned by gale-force winds forced the evacuation of several ...

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Mapped: All the areas where wildfires have broken out in Spain, Turkey and Portugal as record-breaking heatwave continues

Turkey has finally been able to bring wildfires in the north west under control, forestry minister Ibrahim Yumakli said, the ...

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