Firefighters are struggling to extinguish wildfires as temperatures climb to 50C in parts of Europe.
Thousands of homes were evacuated in Spain, France and Turkey, and more than 100 were injured in Portugal.
Portugal declared a state of emergency on Monday due to a forest fire. This is considered the worst risk in decades.
A civilian and a firefighter were seriously injured and more than 3,000 firefighters across the country are in danger.
A cloud of black smoke rose from the small town of Santiago de Guarda in Leiria, and the woman held back tears.
Albertina Francisco, 42, who helped evacuate her sick sister, said: Nobody helped, the firemen and the planes (water bombers) had just arrived… the state should do more to help us.
More than 3,000 hectares have been burned in Leiria so far, reported this morning.
Strong winds made it difficult to combat the flames. In short, main roads and secondary roads were blocked and helped.
Pensioner Antonio La Mareiro, 62, said: When you get home, it’s a shame… you lose everything. “
Luxury resorts owned by former English stars John Terry and Steven Gerrard were evacuated to the southern Algarve region on Wednesday.
Video showed flames burning near the villa, palm trees and parts of the golf course burning.
Meanwhile, in France’s Gironde region, more than 2,700 hectares have burned so far.
The largest fire was recorded in the town of Randilla, where the authorities closed roads and evacuated 500 inhabitants.
The second fire evacuated some 6,000 people from a camp on the Atlantic coast near the iconic Pila Dune.
“The other members of the camp woke us up at 4:30 in the morning. We had to leave immediately and choose what to take immediately,” tourist Christel told BFMTV.
In southwestern Turkey, the fire broke out near the village of Mezdie, near the Aegean resort of Dhaka, and was heading towards several houses in the area.
In the western part of Extremadura, Spain, a fire broke out in Salamanca, Castilla y León, burning more than 4,000 hectares.
According to the AEMET Meteorological Office of Spain, the highest temperature in Seville on Wednesday was 45.6 degrees Celsius in Huelva, while the temperature in one of Seville on Wednesday was 50 degrees Celsius.
After the United Nations warned in April, the world was warned that it was on the “fast track” to climate disasters.
EU officials warned last week that climate change is behind a very dry and hot summer.
Spain’s national weather forecast spokesman, Cayetano Torres, said “abnormal” heat waves and lack of rain in recent months created ideal conditions for the fires.
“These are the best conditions for a fire to spread, and if you add wind to it, it will surely spread,” he said.
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Source: Metro
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