Firefighters struggled to control wildfires raging in several parts of Spain on Saturday, amid drought and winds, as a heat wave raised temperatures to near record levels.
Today, the Spanish Meteorological Authority said that the country is heading towards recording the highest temperatures it has witnessed in early summer in decades, with temperatures expected to range between 40 and 42 degrees Celsius in Zaragoza in the northeast and the regions of Navarra and La Rioja in the north of the country.
The regions of Samoura, near the border with Portugal, and Catalonia in the east were among the regions worst affected by the forest fires.
There were no reports of deaths or injuries.
The regional government of Castile and Leon, where Samora is located, said nearly 20,000 hectares of land had burned in the Sierra de la Culebra mountain range, and that the fires were “still raging”.
Catalan firefighters said they expected Saturday to be “difficult” due to “significantly high temperatures and strong south winds”.
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