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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