In a fiery cluster under intense heatwaves for the third consecutive day, is the large areas of large areas, and respectively.
The situation in Spain is extremely difficult and there is no improvement immediately, according to authorities’ announcements. A total of three people have lost their lives in fires, and more than 1500 deaths have been associated by the Spanish authorities with the heatwave affecting the country.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez regretted “the death of a second volunteer in Leon”, a 36 -year -old who lost his life this morning in the northwestern region of Castile and Leon, and emphasized that “the threat remains extreme” in Spain.
Spain today entered the twelfth day alarm day and residents, like firefighters, are exhausted.
Eleven fires were classified on the second level of a four-way scale and that of Tamora (in Castille and Leon), “where a significant area (…) was burnt down,” Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Memlasa, who called for the European Union.
Bruno’s French counterpart responded to the appeal by announcing the mission of two fire planes.
While most Spaniards try to cool their homes at night, others need to be closed in them or hurry to abandon them as the flames are approaching.
After the fires have begun, 10,700 people have been forced to get away from their homes, according to the interior ministry.
Country at the forefront of Europe’s rise in Europe, Spain is common at extreme temperatures, but for some years it has been facing proliferation and boosting heat waves.
Since the beginning of the year, more than 1,480,000 acres have become ash in that country, according to the European Forestry Information System (EFFIS), and 200 fires have been recorded.
In addition to Castille and Leon, Galicia (northwestern Spain) and the Valencia (east) and extremist (west) are still raising great concern and around 15 roads have been blocked, according to a map of the DGT.
“This night the worst forecasts became a reality,” Abel Bautista, an Extremadura regional government official (West Spain), wrote in X, as the entire region has now been put on a fire alarm 2, and was called upon by the population.
Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska demanded the help of the European Union and the mission of two Canadair, said that eleven levels of Level 2 (on a four-way scale) had occurred overall and that these latter are “concerned” by the authorities, “especially in Tamara”.
Fire Level 2 alarm means an increased risk of fire and developing additional staff, mainly of the army, as well as firefighters.
The “wave” of fires, as experts note, becomes even more unbearable and dangerous due to the high temperatures that continue for the 12th day, with all regions of the country on readiness, including the north. Maximum temperatures are 40 degrees Celsius and do not fall below 25 degrees Celsius at night.
Similar image in Portugal, Albania, Italy and Turkey
Correspondingly in Portugal, this morning the active fires are four, but without threatening settlements or houses, at least for the time being. In neighboring Portugal, about 15 aerial media were mobilized to extinguish four major forest fires in the north and central part of the country. At its center, only in the Argaklian fire is fighting more than 800 firefighters, while that of transcoretics, raging from Saturday, continues to expand today.
In Albania where the situation had become extremely dangerous in the previous 24 hours with at least one dead and over 57 fires, authorities are giving a more improved picture this morning, as only 29 of them remain active.
In Italy, high temperatures continue. Sixteen cities, including Rome and Venice, are in a red alarm, although many fires have not been reported in the country this summer.
In Florence the thermometer was expected to rise to 39 degrees Celsius and in Milan up to 38 degrees Celsius. But this is not enough to prevent the Italians from expanding massively on the weekend of August 15, when 12 million vehicles are expected to take to the streets.
Even the north of Europe is hit by heatwave: Finland thus recorded 22 consecutive days in July with temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius.
In Turkey where authorities are fighting with huge and intense forest fires since June, the situation remains bad. At least 18 people have lost their lives since June to the present day, while yesterday another forest maintenance worker lost his life.
According to the World Weather Attribution (WWA) scientific network, the Great Heat, which prevailed for two weeks in July in the European north, caused many fainting in outdoor events, saturation and overheating in hospitals and fires in forests, while increasing their deaths and increased drowning in cities.
