France and Spain fight wildfires as Europe swelters

A firefighter walks among flames at a forest fire near Louchats (Phillippe Lopez/AP)

Heatwaves across parts of Europe fuelled ferocious wildfires in Spain and France, which evacuated thousands of people and scrambled water-bombing planes and firefighters to battle flames in tinder-dry forests.

Two people were killed in the blazes in Spain that its prime minister linked to global warming, saying, “Climate change kills.”