Forest fires continue to devour vast areas in southern Europe amid a cruel free wave
& nbsp; Fire teams in Spain, Portugal, Greece and Turkey continue their strenuous efforts to control forest fires that have been borrowing for weeks, while meteorology expects the continuation of the hot and dry atmosphere, which hinders extinguishing operations and increases the risk of new fires. European Euronews for the Director General of Emergency Services Virginia Parkonis. Two volunteer firefighters, as the second died of severe burns at a hospital in Lyon on Thursday. The National Meteorological Agency has warned & quot “the danger of a severe fire & quot; In most parts of the country, especially in the north and west, where the largest fires ignite. Expectations show that the current heat wave, in which temperatures exceeded 40 degrees Celsius, until Monday. The fire in the Galicia region also caused the closure of several fast roads, in addition to the suspension of the movement of high -speed trains between the region and the capital Madrid. In combating seven major fires, with the extension of the alert until Sunday, due to the continued high temperatures. In the village of Alfraka da Pera, the fire is close to inhabited homes, prompting the residents to use their own means to put out the fire. In a tragic development, on Saturday, a burning body was found for a former municipality at the Franca de Dian villa, to record the first death in Portugal this summer due to forest fires. One, for the first time in its history, where two & quoted & quot; To extinguish the fires. This fire comes after a series of wide fires that hit western Greece earlier in the week, while firefighting teams kept the maximum alert in areas outside Athens and the south of the country, where difficult weather conditions still increase the risk of igniting new fires. By Saturday, the authorities reported that most of the fires are under control. Climate.
Show service data & quot; To monitor the European Union climate that Europe has witnessed a rise in temperature at a rate that has doubled the global average since the 1980s. In its recorded history, which reflects the escalation of the effects of the climatic crisis on the continent. & nbsp;
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