Air quality deteriorated across large parts of Spain over the past week as a result of the wildfires, data from the EU’s Copernicus climate monitoring agency showed. Smoke from the Iberian Peninsula fires reached France, the UK, and Scandinavia, it said.

Wildfires in Spain and Portugal have claimed the lives of two firefighters, increasing the death toll in neighbouring countries.According to France24, the authorities on Monday, August 18, said that two firefighters were killed in Spain

Wildfires across Spain and Portugal have burned over 250,000 hectares, forcing evacuations and mass emergency deployment.