France, Spain make headway against wildfires but new heatwave looms

R ReutersSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-07-28 · 16:01 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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Firefighters in France and Spain are working to contain large wildfires that have led to the evacuation of tens of thousands of people. These fires are occurring in regions already experiencing a hot and dry summer. Crews are attempting to gain control of the blazes during a period of more favorable weather before a new heatwave arrives on Wednesday. In France's Bordeaux region, a forest fire was contained overnight. In Spain, the state of emergency in Toledo province was lifted, allowing most residents to return home, though fires persist in the nearby Madrid region.

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Tens of thousands of people were evacuated due to the wildfires.

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Firefighters worked to subdue large wildfires in France and Spain on Tuesday.

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Most residents in Spain's Toledo province were allowed to return home.

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The forest blaze in France's Bordeaux region was contained overnight.

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Western Europe is bracing for another heatwave starting Wednesday.

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firefighters raced on Tuesday to subdue huge wildfires that have forced unprecedented evacuations of tens of thousands of people across France and Spain, as western Europe braced for another heatwave.The fires have torn through a region already battered by a blisteringly hot and dry summer. Crews were seeking to capitalise on more favourable weather before a new wave of higher temperatures settled in from Wednesday.In the Bordeaux region of France, firefighters contained ‌the forest blaze overnight, while in Spain, authorities allowed most people in the central Toledo province to return to their homes, lifting a state of emergency introduced on July 23. Fires still raged in the Madrid region nearby.

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