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On July 9, huge forest fires swept through the province of Almería in Spain. Fueled by strong winds and dry vegetation, the flames spread over an area the size of about 10,000 football fields. At the same time, a forest fire also swept through the Fontainebleau forest, south of Paris.
Forest fires are not an uncommon phenomenon. They sweep across Europe every year, but their number and scale are greater than ever before. 2025 was the worst fire season ever recorded in the European Union. Across the bloc, an area the size of the island of Cyprus was destroyed by flames.
This year could prove even more severe: the area burned in the EU is already approaching 2025 levels. France has surpassed last year's burned area, while half of the fire season is not yet over.
Five days after a fire destroyed an isolated migrant community in southern Spain, authorities identified the 13 victims on Tuesday evening through biological tests.
Meanwhile, French firefighters managed to bring a forest fire under control in the historic and highly visited area of Fontainebleau, south of Paris, while large parts of the continent continue to face extreme temperatures.
All but one of the victims of the fire in Spain were foreign nationals. Among them were seven British nationals - including a 93-year-old woman who died in hospital - three Belgians, a French national, an American national and a Spanish national, judicial authorities said.
Of the 13 victims, eight were women and five were men.
Regional authorities initially believed 23 people were missing, but all were found after investigators identified the fire victims.
The Los Gallardos fire engulfed around 70 square kilometres of forest and farmland. It was one of the deadliest fires in Spain in recent years.
Spain is facing a severe heat wave, which, combined with winds and a lack of rainfall, is creating ideal conditions for even small fires to spread uncontrolled.
Europe is the fastest-warming continent in the world, with temperatures rising twice as fast as the global average since the 1980s, according to the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service.
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