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Spain's worst wave of wildfires on record spread to the southern slopes of the Picos de Europa mountains on Monday and prompted authorities to close part of the popular Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route.
This year is turning into one of the worst fire seasons in recent memory in Europe. Firefighters are struggling to contain out-of-control wildfires in western Spain and Portugal.
The Copernicus satellite monitoring system estimates that 350,000 hectares of land have been affected by fires this year
Spain's worst wave of wildfires in at least two decades spread to the southern slopes of the Picos de Europa mountain range on Monday and prompted authorities to close part of the popular Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route.
Temperatures have soared to 45C in Spain in the past fortnight - so far fires have burned over an area the size of Mallorca
Europe is on track for its worst wildfire season on record as swaths of the continent – including France, Spain, Albania, Portugal and Greece — battle raging, deadly fires as temperature soar above 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
The tradition of the siesta is no accident. Spain has been living with extreme heat for centuries, and its people have ways of coping.
Wildfires are burning in parts of Europe as millions of people across the continent struggled to adapt to the new reality: record summer heat.
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