EUROPE FIRES – Fires, drought spread to large parts of Europe

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Fires are spreading to large parts of Europe as prolonged high temperatures, low rainfall and drought continued across the continent on Friday.

The latest data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) indicates that Europe is experiencing extreme and prolonged hot and dry conditions and an increase in forest fire emissions in western France and the Iberian Peninsula.

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