Battle continues to contain Europe's wildfires as Spain sees surge in heat-related deaths

Three thousand firefighters from all over France are fighting the fires that are hitting the south of the country

In this photo provided by the Spanish Military Emergencies Unit (UME) a firefighter works to extinguish a forest fire in the Monsagro area in western Spain.

Strong winds and hot, dry weather are frustrating French firefighters’ efforts to contain a huge wildfire that raced across pine forests in the Bordeaux region on Saturday for a fifth straight day, one of several scorching Europe in recent days.

Some of the worst fires have been in Portugal, where the pilot of a firefighting plane died on Friday when his plane crashed on an operation in the north east.