France, Spain Fight Spreading Wildfires as Europe Swelters

France, Spain Fight Spreading Wildfires as Europe Swelters
A wildfire near Landiras, southwestern France, on July 17, 2022, in a photo provided by the fire brigade of the Gironde region (SDIS 33). SDIS 33 via AP
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LA TESTE-DE-BUCH, France—France scrambled more water-bombing planes and hundreds more firefighters to combat spreading wildfires that were being fed Monday by hot swirling winds from a searing heat wave broiling much of Europe. In Spain, two people have been killed in blazes there.

With winds changing direction, authorities in southwestern France announced plans to evacuate more towns and move out 3,500 people at risk of finding themselves in the path of the raging flames.