Europe on fire: Thousands die due to heat wave on continent
Temperatures across Europe are breaking records, and with them a wave of fires spreading across the continent.
In Athens hundreds of patients were forced to evacuate from the hospital and so was Italy, where gas tanks exploded due to a fire.
Portugal and Spain are trying to fight huge fires, which have claimed the lives of more than a thousand people
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20/07/2022
Wednesday, 20 July 2022, 15:27 Updated: 15:39
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In video: Fires rage across Europe, Britain breaks heat records (Photo: Reuters)
Fire in France this week (Photo: Reuters)
The heat across Europe is breaking records, and with it a wave of fires spreading across the continent.
A fire that broke out due to the stormy winds in the northern mountains of Athens led to the evacuation of hundreds of patients in hospitals.
So too in Italy, where gas canisters exploded in a fire near the Tuscan town of Lucca.
A huge fire is raging in Portugal, which has already consumed between 38 and 46 square miles since Sunday.
The commander of the civil defense of the northern region of the country, Armando Silva, warned that the high temperatures and powerful winds would make the fight against fire difficult.
In Spain, where fires are raging in five different regions, further rises in temperatures are forecast.
Fire in Spain last night (Photo: Reuters)
The number of victims of the current heat wave in European countries is not yet known, but experts say it could reach thousands across the continent.
The huge fires that have broken out in Portugal, Spain and Greece have claimed the lives of more than a thousand people so far, and many thousands more have evacuated their homes.
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