ΔT — Southern Europe Wildfires

2d ago New wildfire broke out southeast of Athens amid strong winds

Yday Spanish firefighters struggled to control three southern wildfires

2d ago Lozère wildfire forced evacuations as over 200 firefighters battled blaze

2d ago Wildfires forced hundreds to evacuate Spain's Huelva and Castellon provinces

6d ago Austria set a temperature record as European heatwave strained power systems

6d ago British mother Lisa Fryett died after being engulfed by Spanish wildfire

Aug 4 French Interior Ministry reported over 400 detentions for suspected wildfire offenses

Aug 4 Greek wildfires forced thousands to evacuate as firefighters battled blazes

Aug 4 Greek wildfires killed five firefighters and destroyed homes

Aug 4 Greek firefighters gained ground against Athens wildfire as winds eased

Aug 4 French authorities found 400 World War II munitions in Le Porge after wildfire

Aug 2 Greek water bombers resumed operations after winds eased

Aug 3 UK Foreign Office advised Greece-bound tourists about wildfire risks

Aug 3 Europe's record heat and drought intensified wildfires in France and Greece

Aug 2 Two firefighting helicopters collided near Athens, killing two crew members

Aug 1 Greek authorities ordered three evacuations as wildfires spread into western Attica

Aug 1 Greece deployed hundreds of firefighters as gale-force winds fueled multiple wildfires

Aug 1 France brought its largest wildfire since 1949 under control

Aug 1 Greek firefighters battled to save Porto Germeno as strong winds fanned wildfire

Aug 1 Spanish Civil Guard and Safari Madrid rescued animals from a wildfire

Jul 31 Mount Poikilo wildfire broke out, prompting Greek authorities to evacuate Haidari

Jul 31 British Columbia officials expanded evacuation orders around Clinton amid Pear Lake wildfire

Jul 31 Hadja Lahbib called for more EU wildfire prevention funding

Jul 31 Danielle Kirton urged Ed Miliband to investigate Spanish wildfire evacuation failure

Jul 31 French firefighters battled final hotspots of massive Gironde wildfire

Jul 31 Scientists found climate change made Spanish fires 20 times and French fires twice likelier

Jul 31 Hundreds fled Viotia wildfire by sea after flames trapped coastal town

Jul 31 Greek firefighters continued battling Crete wildfire as strong winds hampered efforts

Jul 30 Experts warned rural depopulation made European wildfires harder to prevent

Jul 30 French authorities allowed 84,000 wildfire evacuees to return home

Jul 30 Cooler weather and rain eased southwestern France wildfires

Jul 30 Pedro Sánchez ended wildfire emergency in Ávila and Madrid

Jul 30 George and Amal Clooney evacuated their Brignoles home amid wildfires

Jul 30 French firefighters reported Bordeaux-area wildfire was no longer spreading

Jul 30 Volunteers and residents joined firefighters battling wildfires west of Bordeaux

Jul 29 Greek authorities evacuated thousands as Crete wildfire threatened tourist resort

Jul 29 Paros wildfire forced evacuations from island villages

Jul 29 Mainland Greece wildfire killed third firefighter

Jul 29 Two firefighters died battling a wildfire on Crete

Jul 29 EU warned wildfires were pushing emergency response systems to their limit

Jul 29 Forty-degree heat threatened to intensify uncontained Bordeaux wildfire

Jul 29 Wildfires put Europe on track for its worst season on record

Jul 28 Spain lifted wildfire evacuation orders, allowing thousands to return home

Jul 28 Wildfire destroyed homes and businesses in Biscarrosse

Jul 28 French and Spanish firefighters slowed wildfires near Bordeaux and Madrid

Jul 28 Pedro Sánchez renewed calls for national climate pact amid wildfires

Jul 28 French wildfires forced safety measures at industrial sites near Bordeaux

Jul 28 Wildfires exposed climate risks facing Bordeaux’s wine industry

Jul 28 French authorities ordered 4,000 more evacuations from Atlantic coast tourist sites

Jul 28 UK insurance trade body warned tourists of wildfire refund difficulties

Jul 28 Spanish wildfire destroyed Pantano del Burguillo campsite west of Madrid

Jul 27 Experts estimated Spain's wildfire costs at up to €3.275 billion

Jul 27 Macron visited Gironde fire zone and pledged support to firefighters

Jul 27 Prince William called wildfires a reminder of increasingly extreme climate

Jul 26 Firefighters halted the advance of southwestern France’s huge wildfire overnight

Jul 27 EU deployed aircraft and firefighters to battle French and Spanish wildfires

Jul 27 Roland Lescure said wildfires had hit France’s economy like thunder

Jul 27 French wildfires generated rare pyrocumulonimbus fire clouds

Jul 27 Macron held crisis meeting as wildfires threatened Bordeaux

Jul 27 French and Spanish wildfires forced more than 300,000 people to evacuate

Jul 25 French authorities evacuated 55,000 more people near Bordeaux overnight

Jul 25 Overnight winds spread wildfires toward Bordeaux and Ávila

Jul 25 Police Scotland allowed Nethy Bridge residents to return home

Jul 25 French military A400M conducted its first wildfire-fighting mission

Jul 25 Éléonore Caroit urged tourists not to cancel French trips despite wildfires

Jul 25 Nethy Bridge residents criticised authorities' wildfire evacuation response

Jul 24 French authorities evacuated three Bordeaux suburbs as wildfire advanced

Jul 24 British Columbia officials ordered Clinton evacuated as Pear Lake wildfire advanced

Jul 24 Police Scotland declared major incident as Cairngorms wildfire forced evacuations

Jul 24 UK advised caution for France and Spain travel amid wildfires

Jul 24 WHO warned Europe’s wildfire-burned area rose 57% in four years

Jul 24 NASA evacuated its Spanish deep-space communications complex because of wildfires

Jul 24 Macron ordered French military support as wildfires spread

Jul 24 France activated EU Civil Protection Mechanism to fight southwestern wildfires

Jul 24 France ordered total evacuation of Cap Ferret peninsula as wildfire advanced

Jul 24 Wildfires forced over 100,000 people to flee or shelter across France and Spain

Jul 23 Spain declared national emergency as wildfires burned near Madrid and Ávila

Jul 23 Bordeaux-area wildfire burned 3,100 hectares and forced 20,000 evacuations

Jul 22 Wildfires in Italy, France and Spain killed three firefighters, forced thousands to flee

Jul 22 Cotignac wildfire burned 2,550 hectares and forced hundreds to evacuate

Jul 22 Guadalajara wildfire burned over 30,000 hectares, prompting evacuations across 34 municipalities

Jul 20 Guadalajara wildfire became Spain's largest of 2026 after burning 26,000 hectares

Jul 20 Laurent Nunez said nearly 40,000 hectares had burned across France in 2026

Jul 19 Guadalajara wildfire burned 13,000 hectares and forced 800 evacuations

Jul 19 Zaragoza wildfire expanded to 16,000 hectares as firefighters battled blaze

Jul 17 Zaragoza wildfire burned 12,000 hectares and forced 1,100 people to evacuate

Jul 14 Spanish authorities identified all 13 Almería wildfire victims, including seven Britons

Jul 14 Hundreds of firefighters battled Fontainebleau blazes that burned 1,900 hectares

Jul 14 French authorities arrested two suspects over Fontainebleau forest fire

Jul 13 Spanish authorities identified a fifth Briton killed in Almería wildfire

Jul 13 Spanish authorities identified six victims of Almería wildfire

Jul 13 Pedro Sánchez urged stronger wildfire prevention measures in Spain

Jul 13 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited deadly Almería wildfire site

Jul 12 British woman's death raised Almería wildfire toll to 13

Jul 12 Fontainebleau wildfire erupted south of Paris, forcing evacuations and highway closure

Jul 12 Officials stabilised Almería wildfire and allowed 1,500 evacuees home

Jul 12 Victim's son disputed Spanish officials' account of Almería wildfire warnings

Jul 11 Spanish rescuers found two British tourists alive after Almería wildfire

Jul 11 Spanish firefighters gained upper hand over deadly Almería wildfire

Jul 9 Almería wildfire killed 12 people

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