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Wildfires Rage in Greece, Spain and France During Europe’s Record Heat Wave

HeadlineJul 13, 2026

In Europe, a group of scientists warned that extreme heat led to 10,000 excess deaths in the last month. Germany recorded nearly 100 deaths by drowning. Over the weekend, wildfires raged in Spain, killing at least 12 people, in one of the deadliest wildfires in the country’s history. In Greece, authorities have urged residents in the country’s second-largest city, Thessaloniki, to stay indoors and secure their windows and doors because of toxic smoke caused by a recycling plant engulfed by a wildfire. Meanwhile, in France, hundreds of firefighters are battling a wildfire south of Paris. 

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