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Smoke rises over the Bourgeois Creek wildfire, whose cause is suspected to be from lightning, northwest of Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada July 22, 2026 in an aerial photograph. Picture taken with a mobile phone. Photo: BC Wildfire/Handout via REUTERS

Wildfires spread in Western Canada as temperatures rise, lightning strikes

Nearly 34,000 lightning strikes over the past week led to a series of fires and evacuation orders in the southern part of British Columbia

A firefighter works to extinguish flames during a wildfire in Lege-Cap-Ferret in the Gironde department amid worsening drought conditions following a heatwave and water shortages across much of France, July 23, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

More than 200,000 evacuated as massive wildfires sweep across France and Spain

A firefighter works to extinguish flames during a wildfire in Lege-Cap-Ferret in the Gironde department amid worsening drought conditions following a heatwave and water shortages across much of France, July 23, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

France orders total evacuation of Cap Ferret peninsula as wildfires rage

A view of a wildfire spreading over the Burgohondo mountains, in Avila, Spain July 23, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Ana Beltran

Spain declares national emergency over wildfires near Madrid and in Avila

A man watches smoke drift near a ruin in the village of Cotignac, in the Var department, France, following a wildfire, July 21, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Manon Cruz

Fast-moving wildfire in southern France forces hundreds to flee

A drone view from Milly-la-Foret shows smoke rising from a wildfire in the Fontainebleau forest near Paris during a heatwave affecting large parts of France, July 13, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

Wildfire rages near Paris as heatwave scorches Europe

A wildfire burns in Los Gallardos, Almeria, Spain, July 10, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Loyola Perez de Villegas Muniz

Spanish wildfire victims burned in cars as roads turned into death traps

Smoke and flames rise during a wildfire in Los Gallardos, Spain, 9 July 2026, in this screengrab taken from a handout video. Forta/Handout via REUTERS

12 killed, 23 missing in one of Spain's deadliest wildfires

A firefighting plane drops water, following a wildfire in Ille-sur-Tet near Perpignan, France, July 6, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Alexandre Dimou

Wildfire in southern France forces 10,000 people from their homes

A firefighting plane drops water, following a wildfire in Ille-sur-Tet near Perpignan, France, July 6, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Alexandre Dimou

Thousands evacuated from homes in southwest France as wildfire burns

Firefighters and emergency responders work to contain a wildfire on the outskirts of the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, 4 July 2026. Photo: AP/Giannis Papanikos via UNB

Hundreds of firefighters battle Portugal blaze; Greece issues toxic smoke alert

A firefighter works as wildfires continue in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, April 26, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Japan deploys 1,400 firefighters to battle raging wildfires in the north

A firefighter stands in front of a burning building as fire and smoke rise from a forest fire in the Biobio region where, according to local media, multiple wildfires prompted emergency evacuations, in Concepcion, Chile, January 18, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Juan Gonzalez

Chile fires kill at least 18 as firefighters battle extreme heat, winds