Spain Wildfires Intensify Climate Change Debate

Wildfires across Spain have burned extensive areas, prompted large-scale evacuations, and kept firefighting crews deployed as another period of extreme heat approaches. Reports link the dangerous fire conditions to drought, recurrent heatwaves, and highly flammable vegetation, while Spanish leaders dispute how heavily climate change should figure in explaining the crisis and shaping prevention policy. Southwestern France is also facing record-scale fires, underscoring a broader regional strain on emergency services and public health.