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Fires ravage France, Spain, Portugal forests as Europe’s temperatures rise again
Hundreds of firefighters battled wildfires in France, Spain, and Portugal as temperatures reached 40°C, with over 17,000 hectares burned. The fires follow a previous heatwave in June that caused thousands of excess deaths.
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