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Europe Is Heading for a Historic Wildfire Season

Bystanders watch the smoke and flames from a wildfire on July 21, 2026 in Cotignac, France. —FBM Media—Getty ImagesFirefighters in France and Spain are racing to contain wildfires inching closer to Bordeaux and Madrid. More than 250,000 people across the two countries have been forced to evacuate, and the European Commission has said that Europe’s firefighting capacity is struggling to keep pace with what is proving to be an intense wildfire year. It’s shaping up to be a record-breaking year for fires in Europe, where the amount of land burned is already creeping up to the 2025 record. For man...