ATHENS/ CARCES, France Aug 1 (Reuters) - Wildfires fanned by gale-force winds burned across multiple areas of Greece on Saturday, forcing residents to flee as conditions worsened again in parts of Spain and France.

More than 60,000 residents fled their homes, including by boat, to escape two major blazes along the Atlantic coast.

Heat waves and scant rainfall in Europe have contributed to historic wildfires in France and Spain that have forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes in one of the continent’s biggest evacuation efforts since World War II.

By Janis Laizans and Emma Pinedo BORDEAUX/MADRID, July 27 (Reuters) - Firefighters sought on Monday to take advantage of more favourable weather conditions to subdue massive wildfires threatening the French city and tourist region of Bordeaux and a number of sites in neighbouring Spain.

Flames burned through the Deep Space Communications Complex near Madrid, but NASA has been unable to assess the damage as a wildfire emergency grips the region.

France is using a massive cargo aircraft to dump flame retardants on a wildfire near the wine country city of Bordeaux.

ATHENS, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Wildfires fanned by heavy winds burned across multiple areas of Greece on Saturday, including near Athens, with large-scale firefighting operations and emergency evacuations underway,

Several firefighters have been killed as France, Spain and Italy all battle wildfires that have forced tens of thousands to evacuate a vacation hotspot.

Multiple wildfires were burning across Spain on Friday, authorities said, including in the Aragon and Madrid regions.

France and Spain are facing one of Europe’s largest wildfire emergencies in decades, with more than 300,000 people displaced, vast stretches of forest and farmland burned, and firefighters racing against wind, heat, and drought before another surge in ...

Countries such as Spain and France can expect fire regimes more like those of California as climate change favours hot, dry conditions, scientists suggest.