France firefighters hopeful, as Spain ends national emergency

LANTON, France — French firefighters on Thursday were hopeful a massive forest fire was no longer spreading, as Spain lifted a state of emergency over wildfires near Madrid. Europe has been gripped by successive heatwaves and a major drought this year, which scientists have attributed to human-caused climate change. The neighbouring countries have battled some of the worst forest fires in living memory over the past week, burning vast areas and forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes. In France, temperatures cooled near the wine capital of Bordeaux, raising hopes that an end was near for the fire in […]...

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