Firefighters in France, Portugal and Spain, as well as Greece, battled forest blazes that have ravaged thousands of hectares of land and killed several firefighters since the start of the week.
PORTUGAL - Southwest Europe entered a sixth day of a summer heatwave on Saturday that has triggered devastating forest fires as parts of the continent braced for new temperature records early next week.
Authorities in the French Alps have urged climbers seeking to ascend Mont Blanc, Europe's highest mountain, to postpone their trip due to repeated rock falls caused by "exceptional climatic conditions" and "drought". "The risk of fires remains very high," civil defence chief Andre Fernandes warned during a midday briefing.He spoke after an air tanker that had been fighting fires in northern Portugal crashed on Friday, killing its pilot.
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