The European Commission is deploying firefighting aircraft to Spain, where at least seven have died as 14 wildfires have flared amid a European heat wave.

As Spain enters its third week of heatwave alerts, firefighters continue to battle blazes in the northwest and west of the country, with army units deployed to help contain the blazes.

Thousands of people have been evacuated in Spain due to deadly wildfires fuelled by a new heatwave.Heatwave causing wildfires across the Mediterranean has killed at least three people as firefighters continued battling wildfires on Tuesday,

France’s red warning is for the south west of the country, with citizens told to remain “absolutely vigilant” as “everyone is at risk, even healthy people” during a heatwave, according to Meteo France, the country’s meteorological service.

A man has died in a wildfire north of Madrid, as Spain faces a brutal heatwave. Broadcaster RTVE reported that the man, aged around 50, was found with severe burns on Monday evening in the Tres Cantos municipality and died shortly afterwards in hospital.

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Spain fights several ongoing fires in the country, Galicia being one the most affected regions. In some villages, residents battle blazes however they can even before firefighters arrive. The fires have already killed three people in the country.