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.

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.

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.

Fast-moving wildfires burning in the province of Leon, in Spain’s Castile and Leon region, threatened homes on Thursday, July 30, as firefighters worked to contain the blaze amid hot, dry conditions.

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 ...

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,

PARIS — 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.

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

Two new studies reveal climate change's fingerprints over extreme fire weather-triggering infernos in Spain and France.