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Authorities across southern Europe battled on Sunday to control huge wildfires in countries including Spain, Greece and France, with hundreds of deaths blamed on soaring temperatures that scientists say are consistent with climate change.
Sicily recorded a temperature of 48.8 degrees Celsius on Wednesday in what may be a new European record.
Several major fires are burning across Greece where the heatwave, which started on Saturday, 23 July, has increased the danger of new ones. Meanwhile, a fire in Tenerife has burnt almost 2,500 hectares.
London Fire Brigade has declared a "major incident" after a huge surge in fires across the city amid record-defying temperatures.
France scrambled more water-bombing planes and hundreds more firefighters to combat spreading wildfires that were being fed Monday by hot swirling winds from a searing heat wave broiling much of Europe. FRANCE 24's Sophie Lamotte reports from Arcachon, France.
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