Where else in Spain are there fires?<\/p>\n
Elsewhere in Spain, firefighters and nearly 1,000 soldiers were battling blazes in regions including Castile and Leon, Castile-La Mancha, Andalusia and Galicia. Thousands of people evacuated homes and hotels, including holiday-goers at beaches in the south of Spain.<\/p>\n
Tarifa, in the south of Spain, is an area that has been particularly affected by wildfires, impacting both locals and touristsImage: Nono Rico\/Europa Press\/ABACA\/picture alliance<\/p>\n
On Tuesday afternoon, regional authorities announced that some holidaymakers could return to their hotels.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, in Portugal, more than 700 firefighters were working to control a fire in the municipality of Trancoso, located about 350 kilometers (217 miles) northeast of Lisbon. Smaller blazes occurred further north.<\/p>\n
Wildfire in Turkey under control<\/p>\n
Fires have also been raging in northwest Turkey. Firefighters there had largely brought a major wildfire under control, the authorities announced, a day after the fire\u00a0prompted hundreds of evacuations and led to the suspension of maritime traffic.<\/p>\n
The blaze began\u00a0on agricultural land in Canakkale province. Made worse\u00a0by strong winds which fanned the flames,\u00a0it soon\u00a0spread to a forested area, then to a residential one.<\/p>\n
It forced the evacuation of 2,000 residents \u2014\u00a0some by sea \u2014 and led to 77 hospitalizations due to smoke exposure, according to officials.<\/p>\n
Firefighters were still battling two other wildfires in the Manisa and Izmir provinces in western Turkey, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumakli posted\u00a0on social media.<\/p>\n
Firefighter teams continue to extinguish fires in TurkeyImage: Murat Sengul\/Anadolu\/picture alliance<\/p>\n
France, UK on alert<\/p>\n
France’s national weather authority placed most of the country’s\u00a0southern region on the highest heat warning, with temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) expected for the second consecutive day.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, in the UK, authorities were on red alert with temperatures expected to reach\u00a034 Celsius (93.2 Fahrenheit) on Tuesday and Wednesday, especially in the south\u00a0of England, including London.<\/p>\n
Balkan countries gripped by heatwave, wildfires<\/p>\n