Spain eases evacuations as France battles fresh wildfires amid new heatwave
- Thousands who fled huge wildfires in Spain returned home on Wednesday while in France firefighters battled raging flames as a new heatwave gripped the region.
- The neighbouring countries have been gripped by some of the worst forest fires in living memory over the past week, burning vast areas and forcing tens of thousands from their homes.
- Spain lifted remaining evacuation orders for Avila province and for the last two towns near Madrid that had been evacuated on Wednesday.
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- Thousands who fled huge wildfires in Spain returned home on Wednesday while in France firefighters battled raging flames as a new heatwave gripped the region.
- The neighbouring countries have been gripped by some of the worst forest fires in living memory over the past week, burning vast areas and forcing tens of thousands from their homes.
- Spain lifted remaining evacuation orders for Avila province and for the last two towns near Madrid that had been evacuated on Wednesday.
Sources: France 24