MADRID • Firefighters struggled to contain blazes sweeping across south-west Europe yesterday as a heatwave showed no sign of abating, with Britain poised to set new temperature records this week.

Forest fires rage in scorching south-west Europe AFP Published July 18, 2022 . 1. TREES burn amid a fire that broke out in the Gironde region of south-western France.—Reuters.

Fires are ravaging areas of France's south-western Gironde region, where over 12,000 people have been evacuated. ... Europe swelters as heatwave spreads. Published. 13 July 2022.