Fires fiercely across southern Europe when the temperature passes 40C

The floating thermal wave feeds dozens of fires in the southern Europe, forcing thousands of people from their homes and pushes the temperature above 40C (104F).

In some parts of Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and Balkans, red heat was issued, warning of significant health risks.

Spain’s aeromet said the temperature could reach 44C (111.2F) in Seville and Cordoba, while the authorities in the south of Portugal also warn of possible 44C highs.

In Italy, the child died of a heat stroke on Monday, and in the Cantos, north of the Spanish capital, Madrid, a person who suffered serious burns, died at the hospital, officials said.

Hundreds of Tres Cantos residents were forced to leave their houses among Spain’s forest fires, and the regional environmental minister called the fire “explosive characteristics from a dry storm that brought more than 70 km/h (43.5 km/h).

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez posted on X on Tuesday and stated that the rescue services “work tirelessly on the wishes of the fires”. “We are at great risk of forest fires. Please be very careful,” he added.

In the north -western region of Spain, Castile and Leon, nearly 4,000 people were evacuated, and more than 30 were registered -with one threatening Las Medulas, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, known for its ancient gold mines.

Another 2000 people were evacuated from hotels and houses near the tariff point in the southern region of Andalusia.

Almost 1000 soldiers were located in combat forest fires across the country, Spain reported on Tuesday.

In neighboring Portugal, firefighters fought with three large fires, with the most serious about the transcosa contained in the center of the country on Tuesday.

More than 1300 firefighters and 14 planes were deployed, and Morocco sent two planes after the Portuguese bomber crashed, Reuters reports. Authorities have warned that the southern regions could get to 44C, and the temperature will not fall below 25C.

One child died of a heat stroke in Italy on Monday, where the temperature is expected to get this week, and 16 cities, including Rome, Milan and Florence.

A four-year-old Romanian boy, who was found unconscious in a car in Sardinia, was transported to a hospital in Rome, but died due to irreversible brain damage caused by thermal blow, the medical organs said.

Almost three quarters of France were located under heat on Tuesday, predicting up to 36C in Paris and 40C in Ron Valley.

French health minister Ekaterina Vavrin said the hospitals had been subjected to falling out of the country’s second thermal wave in just a few weeks. On Monday, 80 weather stations hit August records, 58 reaching the maximum.

In Greece, the Gale-Forth wind torn fire in the tourist islands of Zakintos and Cephalonia, which caused the evacuation of villages and hotels. Another flame near the western Greek city of Vanic threatened home, and four mainland areas also encountered evacuation.

North -Western Turkey province in the province of Kanakakale saw large firefighters hundreds of its homes. Governor Kanakkeil Omer Toraman said in a report on X that on Tuesday, seven planes and six helicopters were score.

He added Dardanela Strait, the Water Way, which binds the Aegean Sea with Marmarai, was closed to allow plane -soaked water and helicopters to work safely.

Fires in Albania forced people to evacuate their homes on Monday, while in Croatia a large fire broke out in a split and held on Tuesday. The main fire was swept through the village of Piper near the capital of Montenegro, the devastating houses in the area.

Parts of the UK are twisted in the fourth heat wave of the year, with amber and yellow heat alerts for all England and potential highs of 34c forecast.

Scientists warn that global warming makes the Mediterranean summer hot and drier, feeding longer and more intense fire seasons.