Wildfires in Europe: Here’s everything you need to know

Wildfires in Europe are taking hold as a severe heatwave intensifies. The UK has facing the hottest day of the year so far with temperatures reaching 33 degrees Celsius on Tuesday 1 July 2025, and the Met Office has confirmed that this is England’s hottest June on record. Elsewhere in the continent, temperatures in southern Spain reached 43 degrees Celsius, and wildfires are sweeping across Turkey and France. Below, we look at which countries and areas have been most affected by the…