A heatwave is continuing to affect the Iberian Peninsula. Thousands of firefighters have been deployed to battle ongoing blazes and towns have been evacuated. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited affected regions to meet with the heads of emergency teams.

Spain's worst wave of wildfires in at least two decades spread to the southern slopes of the Picos de Europa mountain range on Monday and prompted authorities to close part of the popular Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route.

Madrid: Deadly wildfires ravaging Spain have burnt the equivalent of nearly half a million football fields this year, setting a new record for the

Spain is battling its worst wildfires on record, with over 343,000 hectares scorched, four dead, and thousands evacuated. Fueled by heatwaves and drought, the blazes devastate Galicia and Castile and Leon as firefighters struggle to contain them.

A wildfire that broke out in El Herradón de Pinares, Ávila, on Friday, August 15, has burned nearly 3,000 hectares. The blaze was upgraded to a level 2 of the Potential Severity Index (IGR) when the fire started,

Drone footage shows the aftermath of wildfires that swept through Spain's Galicia region:: Verin, Spain:: The country was battling 14 major blazes driven by high winds and aggravated by heat:: The flames have consumed around 388,

France and Spain are on wildfire alert as weather agencies warned of a "very high to extreme risk" of more wildfires there during Europe's intense heatwave.