Firefighters hasten efforts to contain massive wildfires in France and Spain ahead of heatwave – Europe live

Massive wildfires are bearing down on southwestern Europe just as a punishing heatwave arrives. The Guardian reports that blazes in France's Bordeaux region and across multiple sites in Spain are racing against the clock before searing temperatures return today in France and tomorrow in Spain — conditions that will severely hamper firefighting efforts. On a visit to a crisis center, French President Emmanuel Macron warned that 'the coming weeks will be tough and we have to hold out.' Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez cautioned of 'difficult hours' ahead as the continent braces for a dangerous convergence of fire and heat.

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