Spain and Portugal are at the epicentre of one of Europe’s most destructive wildfire seasons on record. Data from the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) show that by 19 August, about 9,670 square kilometres of land had burned across the EU this year,

Thousands of firefighters worked overnight to contain dozens of deadly wildfires burning across Spain and Portugal as heat and gusty winds spread blazes through dry brush, forests and crops.