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European countries battle multiple wildfires as record heat grips the continent

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PARIS — Firefighters across Europe struggled against multiple fires Friday as a new wave of record-breaking heat baked a swath of the continent, their task further complicated by exceptionally parched landscapes.

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  1. Scientific American

    Europe's wildfires are igniting forgotten WWII and Cold War bombs (opens Scientific American)

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    Europe is full of buried explosives left over from 20th century wars, and the continent’s wildfires are now big enough, hot enough and last long enough to reach them

  2. France 24

    Europe battles wildfires and braces for another summer heatwave (opens France 24)

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    As well as drought, Europe has also been battling wildfires this summer. Firefighters this week are struggling to control a rapidly expanding wildfire in southwestern Spain that has forced the evacuation of around 800 people.

  3. The Republic

    France and England battle multiple wildfires as record heat grips Europe (opens The Republic)

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    PARIS (AP) — Firefighters across France and in central England struggled against multiple fires Friday as a new wave of record-breaking heat baked a swath of Europe, their task further complicated by exceptionally parched landscapes.

  4. The Boston Globe

    France, England battle multiple wildfires as record heat grips Europe (opens The Boston Globe)

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    After the U.K. recorded its hottest day of the year, wildfires raced across the West Midlands and saw several houses burned to the ground.

  5. The Columbian

    European countries battle multiple wildfires as record heat grips the continent (opens The Columbian)

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    PARIS — Firefighters across Europe struggled against multiple fires Friday as a new wave of record-breaking heat baked a swath of the continent, their task further complicated by exceptionally parched landscapes.

  6. France 24

    Europe: Raging wildfires scorch large swaths of the continent (opens France 24)

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    Firefighters across Europe battled multiple fires August 14 as a new wave of record-breaking heat baked a swath of the continent. The historic temperatures are linked to human-caused climate change, and are hitting countries better suited for long cold seasons and ill-equipped for such extreme heat,…

  7. Al Jazeera

    Wildfires rage across Europe as heatwaves drive record temperatures (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Wildfires fuelled by record heat are ravaging Europe, burning around 500,000 hectares and forcing thousands to flee.

  8. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Europe continues to face wildfire surge (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    PARIS -- Firefighters across Europe struggled against multiple fires Friday as a new wave of record-breaking heat baked a swath of the continent, their task further complicated by exceptionally parched landscapes.

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