NYTIMES (Jeanna Smialek) - How Fighting Fires Became an All-of-Europe Project
The European Union isn’t known for firefighting expertise. But with the continent ablaze, Brussels is playing a growing role.
HUFFPOST - Washington Wildfires Leave Residents Devastated: 'There's Nothing To Save'
In some cases, only chimneys were left standing.
NYTIMES (Alex Pena, Bethlehem Feleke, Michael Anthony Adams and Mark Boyer) - Civilians Battle Wildfire Threatening Bordeaux
Residents in Bordeaux in southwestern France are doing everything in their power to stop a wildfire that’s been burning for more than a week. The flames are too spread out for professional firefighters to be everywhere, so for now, civilian volunteers are the only thing standing between the fire and a major French city.
NPR (Eleanor Beardsley) - Thousands in France allowed to return home as Europe tackles wildfires and heatwave
Firefighters in the Gironde region of France said the situation had "stabilized", after a week of wildfires caused by a major heatwave across Europe.
NYTIMES (Niki Kitsantonis) - ‘Nightmarish’ Wildfire in Crete Kills Two Firefighters as Thousands Evacuate
Greece also worked to contain blazes on Lesbos and in the Peloponnese, where another firefighter died, in the midst of a brutal wildfire season for Europe.
NYTIMES (Sam Sifton) - Europe Is Burning
We look at the wildfires in France and Spain.
NPR (The Associated Press) - France evacuates thousands as fires displace a third of a million in southwest Europe
French authorities ordered 4,000 more people evacuated from tourist sites along its Atlantic coast, widening what may be France's largest peacetime evacuation.
NYTIMES (Mark Landler and Giulia Imbert) - Fire Raging Near Bordeaux Brings More Bad News for Its Vineyards
One of the largest fires in modern French history is raging near the vineyards of Bordeaux. That is just the latest problem for France’s embattled wine industry.
NYTIMES (Carlos Barragán and Ségolène Le Stradic) - France and Spain Race to Tamp Down Wildfires Before Heat Wave Hits
Faced with unprecedented blazes, firefighters in both countries are using a brief window of opportunity to bring the flames under control before temperatures spike.
NPR (The Associated Press) - With wildfires raging in France and Spain, fire crews race against next heat wave
French President Emmanuel Macron said France was "facing a completely unprecedented fire," describing the situation as France's worst fire-related crisis since World War II.