Devastating out-of-control wildfires have swept across Europe as temperatures surge to 40C in a new scorching heatwave.
Hundreds of firefighters battled forest infernos in France, Spain, Portugal and Greece today, where fires have devastated more than 17,000 hectares (42,000 acres) of land – an area more than one and a half times the size of Paris.
Authorities have registered more than 4,000 excess deaths following one of Europe’s worst heatwaves in June.
Terrified tourists were running for their lives in a campsite in southern France on Friday as nearly 3,000 people had to be evacuated to escape sweeping flames.
Dozens of mobile homes were
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