Forest fires spread throughout Europe in the past week, thousands of people have to evacuate in a record hot sun.

Firefighters in Portugal, Spain, France, Greece and Morocco are fighting for forest fires spreading on the area of tens of thousands of hectares when the hot wave of the week continues to push the temperature increasing temperature

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The second heat wave of summer, with a temperature of 47 degrees Celsius in Portugal and 45 degrees Celsius in Spain, caused serious forest fires to force thousands of people to evacuate.

Firefighters observed a forest fire in the Ourem area, Portugal, on July 12.

Portuguese civil defense authorities took advantage of the slightly decreased temperature on July 14 to try to extinguish the remaining large fire in the North of the country.

The risk of fire is still very high, the leader of Andrre Fernandes said, although the media said the number of operating mainland fires has decreased from 20 to 11 cases.

Need to be very vigilant, he added that after a week, two people were killed and more than 60 people were injured by the fire, and 15,000 hectares of forest were burned down.

In Portugal, 39,550 hectares of forest were devastated by fire from the beginning of the year to mid -June, three times more than the forest fire area in the same period last year, according to data from the Institute of Nature and Forest Conservation.

In Spain, the meteorological agency maintains an alarming level nationwide, warning the temperature can be up to 44 degrees Celsius in some areas.

More than 600 members of the Spanish Army's emergency response were implemented to help firefighters and forest rangers cope with dozens of forest fires across the country, from the South, from the South.

A fire in the south has caused officials to block a section of the important highway connecting Madrid with Portugal's capital Lisbon, for more than 12 hours.

Data from the Spanish Public Health Institute showed that 360 people were killed due to the heat between July 10 - 15.

In France, the fire force in the coastal town of Arcachon in the Girtode region, southwest of the country, had to struggle to control two fires that destroyed more than 10,000 hectares of forest in the past week.

Since July 12, more than 14,000 people, including people and tourists, have been forced to evacuate and 7 emergency shelters have been established.

Meteorological agency forecasts temperatures up to 41 degrees Celsius in some areas south of France on July 17, as well as up to 35 degrees C in the Northwest, with a record heat level that can be recorded in

In Greece, the civil defense agency is trying to extinguish the fire raging on Crete Island in the Mediterranean, while Morocco has to fight forest fires in the northern mountains, killing at least one person and more than 1,000

Government ministers in the UK held an emergency meeting yesterday after the meteorological agency issued the red warning for the first time of extremely hot heat, emphasizing the heat could be life -threatening.

The temperature in the south of England may first exceed 40 degrees Celsius on July 18 or 19, causing some schools to close next week.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan advises people to use public transport only when they are really necessary.