00:02Firefighters battling wildfires across Spain and France warned on Wednesday that the risk of new blazes remains extremely high,
00:09even as Spain's largest wildfire of the year showed signs of easing, allowing some evacuated residents to return home.
00:17Europe has seen more land burned by wildfires this year than the annual average over the past two decades,
00:24as the continent, the world's fastest warming, endures its third major heatwave of the summer.
00:30In France, authorities urged the public to avoid using barbecues and to remain vigilant,
00:36noting that nine out of ten wildfires are caused by human activity, whether accidental or deliberate.
00:42The warning came a day after two firefighters were killed when their truck was engulfed by flames in the Gironde
00:49region of southwestern France.
00:51Interior Minister Laurent Nunez, who visited Gironde on Wednesday to pay tribute to the fallen firefighters,
00:58said 44,000 hectares have already burned across France this year, well above the annual average.
01:04More than 10,000 people were evacuated overnight as a fast-moving wildfire tore through 2,000 hectares west of
01:12Bordeaux.
01:12About 500 firefighters are battling the blaze, with authorities describing conditions as extremely challenging,
01:20although no injuries have been reported.
01:22In Spain, the country's largest wildfire this year has scorched an estimated 32,000 hectares in Guadalajara province.
01:30The blaze began stabilizing on Tuesday after forcing evacuations in 34 municipalities and confinement orders in 14 others.
01:39Visiting the affected area on Wednesday, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Spain has recorded 22 major wildfires so far this
01:48year.
01:48There are more than 100,000 hectares calcined as a consequence of the fires, or of the fires in all
01:54Spain.
01:55To put it in perspective, this is the average average that Spain suffered in the last decade.
02:02Spain's national weather agency, EMET, warned that wildfire danger remains very high to extreme across most of mainland Spain and
02:12the Balearic Islands,
02:14with conditions expected to worsen in the coming days.
02:17It urged the public to exercise extreme caution as the ongoing heatwave, dry thunderstorms and Saharan dust continue to heighten
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