Wildfires burn nearly 300,000 acres in France and Spain as heat wave looms

Wildfires have burned nearly three hundred thousand acres across France and Spain, and firefighters are still battling the blazes as a heat wave bears down. CNBC reports temperatures in France are expected to climb to ninety-five degrees Fahrenheit this week, conditions that could make containing the fires even harder.

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