Firefighters spray water on a burning residential area during a wildfire near Lege Cap Ferret, southwestern France on July 23, 2026. The fire, which broke out in Saumos on July 22 around midday, quickly moved toward Lège-Cap-Ferret, spreading very rapidly through a dense pine forest. On July 23 evening, some 800 firefighters were still battling the blaze, which had burned through 3,700 hectares. Violent forest fires, fanned by wind and high temperatures, are raging in several regions of Southern Europe including Italy, Spain, and France where thousands of people were evacuated from a tourist area on July 23, 2026. Scientists have long warned that climate change caused by human use of fossil fuels will make periods of drought more intense and longer-lasting, creating the ideal conditions for wildfires.,Image: 1118103720, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no , Credit line: JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP / Profimedia
Firefighters operate next to flames at a residential area during a wildfire near Lege Cap Ferret, southwestern France on July 23, 2026. The fire, which broke out in Saumos on July 22 around midday, quickly moved toward Lège-Cap-Ferret, spreading very rapidly through a dense pine forest. On July 23 evening, some 800 firefighters were still battling the blaze, which had burned through 3,700 hectares. Violent forest fires, fanned by wind and high temperatures, are raging in several regions of Southern Europe including Italy, Spain, and France where thousands of people were evacuated from a tourist area on July 23, 2026. Scientists have long warned that climate change caused by human use of fossil fuels will make periods of drought more intense and longer-lasting, creating the ideal conditions for wildfires.,Image: 1118104100, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no , Credit line: JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP / Profimedia
Firefighters operate and spray water from a truck in a burning residential area during a wildfire near Lege Cap Ferret, southwestern France on July 23, 2026. The fire, which broke out in Saumos on July 22 around midday, quickly moved toward Lège-Cap-Ferret, spreading very rapidly through a dense pine forest. On July 23 evening, some 800 firefighters were still battling the blaze, which had burned through 3,700 hectares. Violent forest fires, fanned by wind and high temperatures, are raging in several regions of Southern Europe including Italy, Spain, and France where thousands of people were evacuated from a tourist area on July 23, 2026. Scientists have long warned that climate change caused by human use of fossil fuels will make periods of drought more intense and longer-lasting, creating the ideal conditions for wildfires.,Image: 1118103701, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no , Credit line: JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP / Profimedia
A major wildfire swept through the area between Casaboli, Pioppo and Monreale, Sicily, on 23 July 2026, with a fire front stretching for several kilometres. Residents from multiple communities were evacuated as the blaze spread towards Sagana, prompting further emergency evacuations.
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A major wildfire swept through the area between Casaboli, Pioppo and Monreale, Sicily, on 23 July 2026, with a fire front stretching for several kilometres. Residents from multiple communities were evacuated as the blaze spread towards Sagana, prompting further emergency evacuations.
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A French Civil Security Canadair CL-415 aircraft flies past flames of a wild fire burning trees and vegetation of a forest surrounding Cotignac, southeastern France on July 23, 2026. Violent forest fires, fanned by wind and high temperatures, are raging in several regions of Southern Europe including Italy, Spain, and France where thousands of people were evacuated from a tourist area on July 23, 2026. The forests catch fire all the more easily as vegetation and soil have been extremely dry for months, a drought worsened by the exceptional heatwaves that swept across the continent in June and July and it is indeed climate change, caused primarily by the continued burning of oil, coal, and gas, that is making the current drought more severe, climate scientists from the World Weather Attribution group concluded in a study published July 23, 2026.,Image: 1118088890, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: ALTERNATIVE CROP, Model Release: no , Credit line: Thibaud MORITZ / AFP / Profimedia
