In Turkey, temperatures have soared above 40C in recent days and fires are currently burning across five areas - Sakarya, Bilecik, Eskisehir, İzmir, Karabuk and Manisa. Hundreds of wildfires have broken out across Turkey this summer, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes.

EU researchers, firefighters and communities are pioneering innovative, collaborative approaches to build landscapes able to withstand increasingly extreme wildfires.

More than a dozen people have been killed, homes destroyed and villages evacuated as wildfires rage across Turkey, Cyprus and Greece. | ITV National News

The forest fire that started yesterday evening in Pioppo near the city of Palermo on the Sicily Island of Italy continues.

A blaze in southern France forced the closure of the Marseille airport, and weather agencies issued warnings for other parts of Europe where temperatures were expected to climb this week.

Heatwave temperatures, drought and decades of poor forest management are producing an extreme wildfire season across Europe into July.

Wildfires have scorched hotspots in several Mediterranean countries this month, with blazes forcing thousands of people into lockdown in Catalonia in Spain, and encroaching on France's second-biggest city of Marseille.

Where wildfires are raging across Europe "We can't afford to have more of these days," one mayor said. By Meredith Deliso. July 20, 2022, 8:17 PM. 1:59.