European nations sent firefighting teams to help France tackle a 'monster' wildfire on Thursday, while forest blazes also raged in Spain and Portugal and the head of the European Space Agency urged immediate action to combat climate change.
A view shows trees and vegetation burnt by a major fire in Hostens, as wildfires continue to spread in the Gironde region of southwestern France, August 11, 2022. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe'Monster' fire consumes nearly 7,000 hectares in FranceGig-economy workers decry labour rights as temperatures soar
With a dangerous cocktail of blistering temperatures, tinder-box conditions and wind fanning the flames, emergency services were struggling to bring the fire under control."It's an ogre, a monster," said Gregory Allione from the French firefighters body FNSPF said. "It's pretty bad. We have seen extremes that have not been observed before," Aschbacher told Reuters.
Swiss army helicopters have been drafted in to airlift water to thirsty cows, pigs and goats sweltering under a fierce sun in the country's Alpine meadows.In France, suffering its harshest drought on record, trucks are delivering water to dozens of villages where taps have run dry, nuclear power stations have received waivers to keep pumping hot discharge water into river, and farmers warn a fodder shortfall may lead to milk shortages.
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