At least three killed as European wildfires threaten the evacuation of thousands

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At least three killed as European wildfires threaten the evacuation of thousands  Wildfires in Greece, Albania, Spain, Portugal and Italy have caused widespread damage. At least two people have been killed and thousands face evacuation.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/08/13/at-least-two-killed-as-european-wildfires-threaten-the-evacuation-of-thousands  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Wildfires across Europe are causing massive damage and the evacuation of thousands as a heatwave

00:07scorches the southern part of the continent. Firefighters battled to control wildfires on

00:13the outskirts of Greece's third largest city of Patras. Seven major wildfires forced multiple

00:20evacuations, destroying homes and businesses. High winds hindered firefighting efforts on nearby

00:27islands where authorities were on standby to evacuate tourist resorts. Other severe fires

00:34burned in the western part of Greece's mainland and on the island of Hyos.

00:42In bordering Albania, wildfires burned forests, houses and killed at least one person. Several

00:49villages have been evacuated as the wildfires continue to affect parts of the country.

00:55Police say around 30 fires are endangering residents and burning forest areas.

01:01Albanian officials say they mobilized around a thousand firefighters,

01:05army personnel and local staff to fight the flames.

01:10In Spain, thousands are facing evacuation orders as wildfires burn across the Iberian Peninsula.

01:18Firefighters have largely contained a blaze outside Madrid that broke out on Monday night.

01:23The fire killed a man and affected over a thousand hectares of land.

01:28Several people have been arrested by Spanish officials as the alleged perpetrators of fires that

01:33have broken out. In Portugal, emergency services are battling a series of wildfires amid another heat

01:40wave. Authorities there said three major fires that started over the weekend were of concern.

01:45Around 2,000 firefighters are on the ground to try to tackle the flames, with more than 700 working to

01:51control a fire in Trancoso. An extreme weather alert was extended until Friday throughout mainland

01:57Portugal. Italian firefighters are tackling a wildfire on Mount Vesuvius, where fires have been

02:04blazing since Friday. Planes dropped water over the flames hundreds of times to contain the wildfire.

02:09Europe is warming faster than any other continent, according to the EU Copernicus Institute.

02:14And wildfires have massively impacted the continent over the summer.

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