European wildfire threat recedes as temperatures drop

Firefighters work at the scene of a wildfire in Tabara, north-west Spain, Tuesday, July 19, 2022 (Bernat Armangue/AP/PA)

Europe’s recent spate of wildfires have abated amid cooler temperatures with no outbreaks reported in Portugal while French firefighters started to get the upper hand over two major blazes and Spain tamed a fire that killed two people.

Spanish firefighters were tackling nine blazes, with two said to be especially dangerous in north-western Galicia.