Wildfire kills two in Spain as heatwave grips Europe

Since a European heat wave increased the thermometers again, two people died in a forest fire in Spain, which rapidly spread rapidly before the firefighters controlled it.

The fire exploded in the province of Lleida, created an enormous ash and smoke feather reaching 14 km, and made it registered by firefighters in Catalonia, a northeastern part of Spain.

Catalan Regional President Salvador Illa announced the deaths that occurred late on Tuesday.

Firefighters, two victims near a vehicle near the village of La Segarra, the village of Küçük Cosco, he said.

Regional official Nuria Parlon said that two victims were one of the farmers and workers and they were caught by flames while trying to escape from the property.

A total of 6500 hectares were burned before the firefighters received help from a storm.

The fire was announced early on Wednesday.

The heat wave in some parts of Europe set record high temperatures in Spain and Portugal in June.

On Wednesday, more hot weather is expected, the temperatures in the Lleida area will reach a height of 39C.

Spain has been overwhelmed under the first heat wave of 2025 since the weekend.

The weather service said that the national average of 23.6C June was a record.

For the first time in June, it was warmer for both July and August than average temperatures.

Outside the North Atlantic coast of Spain, the country was warned for high temperatures and fire risk on Wednesday.

The European Medium -Range Air Forecast Center said that the air expert closely follows abnormally hot temperatures for the continent where it was attached to climate change.

The French National Air Agency kept four departments under red warning on Wednesday after temperatures in many towns exceeded 40C.

On Wednesday, 17 heat warnings were organized for the Italian cities, and the corresponding increase in the air conditioner was forced the electricity network and caused periodic interruptions.

After a construction worker in Bologna died in Bologna, Italy called union representatives to conclude a protocol to protect exposure to heat.

In Switzerland, one of the two reactors in the Beznau nuclear power plant was closed as part of the efforts to prevent overheating of the Aare River, thus being closed to avoid loading the general ecosystem in wildlife and already in hot weather.