Spain engulfed in wildfires, fights heatwave lasting over a week that killed 510 at least

Spain faced the eighth day of a more than week-long heatwave on Monday, which caused over 510 heat-related deaths, according to estimates from the Carlos III Health Institute.

With fires burning thousands of hectares in Galicia, Castille and Leon, Catalonia, Extremadura and Andalusia, Spain mourned the death of one firefighter in the northwestern province of Zamora on Sunday evening. Almost the entire country faces an extreme fire risk.

More than 70,000 hectares have burnt in Spain so far this year, the worst year of the last decade, according to official data.

Wildfires, which began on July 10, continue to rage in various parts of Spain as heatwaves torch southern Europe, forcing authorities to evacuate hundreds of people from their homes. The heatwave has pushed temperatures into the 40s making the risk of wildfires greater.

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