UK papers: 'Summer of chaos' and 'water bosses' pay rises'

The wildfires sweeping through Europe is prominent across many of Saturday's papers.

Spanish police accuse tractor driver of sparking wildfire as blazes spread

The number of people forced to flee the heatwave-induced fires in Spain and France has now passed the 100,000 mark.

Europe wildfires: Thousands flee by boat as fires spread, merge

Tens of thousands hopped onto cars and boats to escape wildfires raging in southwestern France. In Spain's Madrid region, authorities declared a national emergency after at least two fires merged.

Raining ash and a tower of black smoke: Families flee ‘apocalyptic’ wildfires on the road out of Lège-Cap Ferret

Thousands abandoned their homes in the early hours of Friday morning as massive wildfires spread across France. Residents tell Maira Butt that many families have lost everything, while others don’t know when they can return

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'Intense, highly unpredictable': Over 200,000 evacuated as massive wildfires engulf Spain, France

By TOI WORLD DESK

Tens of thousands flee fires in France, blazes merge outside Madrid

Tens of thousands of people fled wildfires in southwest France by car and boat on Friday, and Spain declared a national emergency as huge blazes merged outside Madrid and searing heat left tinder-dry conditions across the region. French authorities ordered the total evacuation of the Cap Ferret peninsula, a tourism hotspot on its Atlantic Coast. […]

Madrid menaced by wildfires as France’s Cap Ferret evacuated

Spain declared a state of emergency and sent the military to try to contain wildfires near Madrid, while France evacuated thousands of tourists threatened by a blaze west of Bordeaux. More than 10,000 people have been evacuated from areas as close as 50 kilometers (31 miles) to the Spanish capital, with more than 270 firefighters trying to extinguish the blazes. In Ávila province, about 1,500 people have been evacuated. Spain and France have been at the epicenter of Europe’s wildfire season, whi

By The Korea Herald

166,000 evacuated as wildfires spin out of control in France and Spain

Madrid and Paris have called in EU help as flames whipped up by strong winds and boosted by drought tore through tinder-dry forests.

Macron calls for EU reinforcements as France battles spreading wildfires

President Emmanuel Macron has requested assistance from aircraft and helicopters through the European Union's civil protection mechanism as wildfires intensify across France, while authorities have ordered the evacuation of everyone on the popular Cap-Ferret peninsula.

By RFI

More than 160,000 flee out-of-control wildfires in France, Spain

France and Spain evacuated more than 160,000 people as unprecedented forest fires ravaged areas on Saturday near Madrid and Bordeaux The post More than 160,000 flee out-of-control wildfires in France, Spain appeared first on Vanguard News.

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