EU bolsters countries' wildfire response as summer of blazes expected 

A wildfire advances in a forest near Robledo, Caceres, Spain. Spain experienced the highest levels of emissions for March on record, on par with those of wildfires in 2012.

The EU has sent nearly 450 firefighters from across the bloc to France, Portugal, and Greece as it braces for similar wildfires to those that devastated the continent last year.

The European Commission has doubled its aerial firefighting fleet in a bid to tackle wildfires which are already breaking records for this time of year in the likes of Spain.