Thousands of firefighters across Spain and Portugal are battling an ongoing wave of wildfires, some of which have been burning for days, as temperatures are set to rise further across the Iberian Peninsula.
In central Spain, firefighters and a special military unit worked overnight to control blazes in Avila province, focusing on a fire near El Arenal, about 100km (62 miles) west of Madrid, emergency services said. In the western province of Caceres, authorities reported a fire affecting some 2,500 hectares (roughly 6,178 acres) had been largely stabilised, with most evacuation orders lifted.
