In addition to Greece fires cause incalculable disasters in other countries Southern Europe Like Portugal, Italy and especially Spain, where a third death was recorded. The Spaniards continue today Thursday (14/8/2025) to fight with flames in the midst of heat.
From southern Europe the Spain It seems to be in the most difficult situation, as today (14/8/25) entered the 12th day of heat alarm and residents, as well as firefighters, are exhausted with countless resuscitation.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez regretted “the death of a second volunteer in Leon”, a 36 -year -old who lost his life in the northwestern region of Castile and Leon, and stressed that “the threat remains extreme” in Spain. He was The third death of fire that the country counts.
Eleven fires were classified on the second level of a four-way scale and that of Tamora (in Castille and Leon), “where a significant area (…) was burnt down,” Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Mammosa, who called on the European Union.
Bruno’s French counterpart responded to the appeal, announcing her Shipment of two firefighters.
While most Spaniards try to cool their homes in the evening, others need to be closed inside or leave them as the flames are approaching them.
Since the fires began, 10,700 people have been forced to get away from their homes, according to the Ministry of the Interior.
Spain is common at extreme temperatures and is at the forefront of Europe’s rise in Europe but has been facing proliferation and boosting the heat waves for some years.
From the beginning of the year, More than 1,480,000 acres have become ash in that countryaccording to the European Forestry Information System (EFFIS), and 200 fires have been recorded.
In addition to Castille and Leon, Galicia (northwestern Spain) and the Valencia and Extremadura region still cause great concern and around the 15 road axes have been blockedaccording to a map of the Directorate -General for Road Traffic (DGT).
“This night the worst forecasts became a reality,” Abel Bautista, an Extremadura regional government official, wrote in X, as the entire region has now been put on a 2 -level fire alarm, while the population was asked to be “populated”.
In the neighboring Portugalabout 15 aerial media were mobilized to extinguish four major forest fires in the north and central part of the country. At its center, only in the Argaklian fire is fighting more than 800 firefighters, while that of transcotasus, raging from Saturday (9/8/2025), continues to expand today.
To Albaniaone of the countries most affected by fires, firefighters continue to fight for their extinguishing, while in the neighboring Montenegro Climate conditions and aerial means allowed the main forest fires to be brought under control.
To Italy High temperatures continue. Sixteen cities, including Rome and Venice, are in a red alert, although many fires have not been recorded in the country this summer.
In Florence the thermometer was expected to rise to 39 degrees Celsius and in Milan up to 38 degrees Celsius. But this is not enough to prevent the Italians from expanding massively on the weekend of August 15, when 12 million vehicles are expected to take to the streets.
Even the north of Europe is hit by heatwave: The Finland He thus recorded 22 consecutive days with temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius.
According to the World Weather Attribution (WWA) scientific network, the Great Heat, which prevailed for two weeks in July in the European north, caused many fainting in outdoor events, saturation and overheating in hospitals and fires in forests, while increasing their deaths and increased drowning in cities.