Spain battles record wildfires even
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Spain's weather agency warned the public on Monday to be "cautious" of the "very high or extreme fire danger."
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Spain is deploying 500 more soldiers to battle fast-spreading wildfires, as a brutal heatwave and strong winds leave nearly the entire country at extreme risk. Fires have already scorched land equal to the size of London and killed seven people.
The European Commission is deploying firefighting aircraft to Spain, where at least seven have died as 14 wildfires have flared amid a European heat wave.
Firefighters have spent days battling blazes in Greece, Portugal, Spain and elsewhere. Forecasters said temperatures could pass 111 degrees in some places on Thursday.
A volunteer firefighter died from severe burns and several people were hospitalised as the state weather agency warned that almost all of the country was at extreme or very high risk of fire.
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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.