The fires in Spain this year have burned 158,000 hectares or 610 square miles, according to the European Union’s European ...

In Galicia, fires shut down several highways and halted high-speed rail services to Madrid. The EU’s European Forest Fire Information System reported that wildfires in Spain this year have already ...

Spain’s national weather agency warned of extreme fire risk in most of Spain, including where the largest blazes were burning in the north and west.

ATHENS, Greece -- Fire crews in Greece, Spain and Portugal raced to contain wildfires on Thursday, taking advantage of calmer winds that slowed the blazes even as much of southern Europe remained at ...