Spain faces ‘complex’ three days with risks of heatwave and strong winds reigniting some fires – as it happened

<p>Authorities fear progress in containing the fires in the Gironde and Madrid regions may be set back by temperatures expected to hit the low 40s</p><p><em>in Brussels</em></p><p><strong>The European Union’s crisis-management team is expecting difficult weeks ahead, fearing a further outbreak of wildfires in Italy and Greece as the summer goes on.</strong></p><p><em>“<strong>A firefighter will focus on protecting people.</strong> They will focus on protecting houses, protecting a business, a company, because this is something that matters for all our society. And indeed, sometimes by focusing on that, they cannot extinguish fire, [as] they would do it if it would be just forest. </em></p><p><em>So this is new, this is worrying. And of course also, <strong>this means that we need to adapt our methods of fighting the fires.</strong>”</em></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jul/29/france-spain-wildfires-heatwave-extreme-heat-europe-latest-news-updates">Continue reading...</a>