Europe is facing the wave of extreme heat. In Spain in Villanueva de Las Cruces, thermometers indicated as much as 45.7 degrees Celsiuswhich is one of the highest temperatures ever measured in Spain. Slightly less – because 45.5 degrees Celsius – was the temperature in the research, a city accustomed to hot years, thus beating the current record.
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Meteorological measurements show how extreme conditions the inhabitants of many European countries face. In the city of the bar in Montenegro, the temperature at night was 31.8 degrees Celsius. During the day it is extremely hot: in the Greek city of Andravida there was a record 41.8 degrees Celsius, in Albania 43.5 degrees Celsius were recorded, and in France for 3 days in a row there were heat above 43 degrees Celsius.
Temperature records that fall in Europe are also reflected in a huge number of fires. As the BBC informs, Over 24 hours, over 152 new fires broke out throughout 24 hours throughout Greeceand thousands of people were evacuated. About 4,850 firefighters participate in a multi -flexible fight to master flames. At least three people died in Spain, Albania and Turkey, and dozens of others, including firefighters, were hospitalized because of smoke poisoning and burns.
Europe is boiling and burning. Extreme heat and fires
According to the CNN analysis of data from the European Forest Fire Information System, fires on the continent burned more hectares this year than in the last 19 years. The year 2025 is so far the most expansive European season of fires.
In Spain, over 4,000 people were evacuated during the night in the northwestern province of León. The Spanish government has raised the level of national readiness. “We are exposed to the extreme risk of forest fires. Please be careful,” said Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, whose words are cited by the BBC.
Fires are also burning throughout Portugal – in the Vila Real district in the north of the country they have been going on for 10 days. “We are cooked alive, it can't last,” said Alexandre Favaios, the mayor of Vila Real, whom the Reuters agency quotes.
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In recent days Fires spread in southern Europe. Dozens of fires broke out near Vyuvius in southern Italy on Sunday, closing mountain trails. The National Ministry of Health has issued red alerts for 16 cities.
In France, a huge fire in the southern region of Aude – the largest in the country since 1949, as officials said – it is currently controlled mostly, but officials are afraid that it can light up again, because the heat wave is underway.
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Many Balkan countries are also fighting to master fires. Dozens of fires go crazy throughout Albania, including near the “blue eye”, a source of water and a protected nature park popular among tourists.
In the neighboring Montenegro, fires burning near the capital of Podgorica sent smoke to the city, and in Croatia, firefighters managed to master a fire that broke out on Monday near the city of Split.
