Wildfires continuing across Spain and parts of southwestern France have forced the evacuation of more than 260,000 people and destroyed nearly 120,000 hectares of land. The widespread blazes coincide with the ongoing emergency of a third heatwave affecting Europe.
In response to the crisis, the European Commission has scaled up its assistance, deploying a total of six aircraft to help combat the fires in Spain. Additionally, authorities have deployed 134 firefighters and 41 vehicles from Portugal to reinforce firefighting efforts initially activated the previous week.
Environmental organizations warn that the fires will have an "enormous and colossal" impact on the natural environment, having already incinerated tens of thousands of hectares in Spain alone. The scale of the destruction in the affected regions is comparable in size to the entire surface area of Mexico City.
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