Destructive wildfires sweep through Spain and France in July 2026
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Firefighters, NASA, European Forest Fire Information System
Spain (Ávila) and France (Gironde)
July 2026
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Wildfires in Spain and France caused massive evacuations and destruction in July 2026. Spain's Ávila fire burned 50,000 hectares, the largest in recorded history. France saw over 90,000 hectares burned, with a rare pyrocumulonimbus cloud reported.
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