یونان، ترکیه، ایتالیا، لبنان، اسپانیا، قبرس و الجزایر درگیر آتش‌سوزی جنگل‌ها و مراتع طبیعی هستند. برخی از آنها به تازگی موفق به مهار قسمتی از آتش‌سوزی‌ها شده‌اند. جمعه و شنبه ۱۳ و ۱۴ اوت/۲۲ و ۲۳ مرداد دمای بسیار شدید هوا در بخش‌هایی از فرانسه و پرتغال پیش‌بینی شده است. در روزهای گذشته ایتالیا گرم‌ترین دمای هوای ثبت‌شده در تاریخ اروپا را شاهد بود.
آتش‌سوزی‌ها در الجزایر از دوشنبه هفته جاری آغاز شد و جان ۶۹ تن را گرفت: ۴۱ شهروند غیرنظامی و ۲۸ سرباز کشته شدند. در پی کشته شدن ده‌ها تن در آتش‌سوزی‌های الجزایر، سه روز عزای عمومی اعلام شده است. در ترکیه و لبنان و یونان و ایتالیا نیز آتش قربانی گرفت. بیم گسترش حریق‌ها به فرانسه و پرتغال می‌رود. اسپانیا نیز به تازگی دچار آتش‌سوزی مراتع طبیعی شده است.
A woman sleeps in her car on the beach as wildfire rages in Pefki village on Evia (Euboea) island, second largest Greek island, on August 8, 2021. – Hundreds of Greek firefighters fought desperately on August 8, 2021 to control wildfires on the island of Evia that have charred vast areas of pine forest, destroyed homes and forced tourists and locals to flee. (Photo by ANGELOS TZORTZINIS / AFP) 
Wildfires spread in the forests of the Qubayyat area in northern Lebanon’s remote Akkar region on July 29, 2021. – A Lebanese teenager was killed as he joined volunteers battling devastating forest wildfires in northern Lebanon, where firefighters were struggling to protect homes from the blaze. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP) 
A man stands to extinguish a wildfire spreading in the village of Akcayaka in the area of Milas in the Mugla province, Turkey, on August 6, 2021. – In Turkey, at least eight people have been killed and dozens more hospitalised as the country struggles against its deadliest wildfires in decades. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP) 
A local resident drops water as he fights the wildfire in the village of Gouves on Evia (Euboea) island, second largest Greek island, on August 8, 2021. – Hundreds of Greek firefighters fought desperately on August 8 to control wildfires on the island of Evia that have charred vast areas of pine forest, destroyed homes and forced tourists and locals to flee. (Photo by ANGELOS TZORTZINIS / AFP) 
People run for cover as Lebanese firemen douse the flames in the forests of the Qubayyat area in northern Lebanon’s remote Akkar region on July 29, 2021. – A Lebanese teenager was killed as he joined volunteers battling devastating forest wildfires in northern Lebanon, where firefighters were struggling to protect homes from the blaze. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP) 
Local residents fight the wildfire in the village of Gouves on Evia (Euboea) island, second largest Greek island, on August 8, 2021. – Hundreds of Greek firefighters fought desperately on August 8 to control wildfires on the island of Evia that have charred vast areas of pine forest, destroyed homes and forced tourists and locals to flee. (Photo by ANGELOS TZORTZINIS / AFP) 
Local residents look at the wildfire approaching the village of Gouves on Evia (Euboea) island, second largest Greek island, on August 8, 2021. – Hundreds of Greek firefighters fought desperately on August 8 to control wildfires on the island of Evia that have charred vast areas of pine forest, destroyed homes and forced tourists and locals to flee. (Photo by ANGELOS TZORTZINIS / AFP) 
A Lebanese army helicopter drops water on a forest fire in the Qubayyat area of northern Lebanon’s remote Akkar region on July 29, 2021. – A Lebanese teenager was killed as he joined volunteers battling devastating forest wildfires in northern Lebanon, where firefighters were struggling to protect homes from the blaze. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP) 
Heavy clouds of smoke rise from a massive forest fire which engulfed a Mediterranean resort region on Turkey’s southern coast near the town of Manavgat, on July 29, 2021. – At least three people were reported dead on July 29, 2021 and more than 100 injured as firefighters battled blazes engulfing a Mediterranean resort region on Turkey’s southern coast. Officials also launched an investigation into suspicions that the fires that broke out Wednesday in four locations to the east of the tourist hotspot Antalya were the result of arson. (Photo by Ilyas AKENGIN / AFP) 
A picture taken on August 3, 2021 shows a tree burning as a fire spreads in the Aegean coast city of Oren, near Milas, in the holiday region of Mugla, as Turkey struggles against its deadliest wildfires in decades. – The nation of 84 million has been transfixed in horror as the most destructive wildfires in generations erase pristine forests and rich farmland across swaths of Turkey’s Mediterranean and Aegean coasts. Tourists have been forced to escape on boats for safety and dozens of villages have been evacuated as wild winds and soaring heat fan the flames. (Photo by STR / AFP) 
People on a beach watch the blazes spreading up a hill in the Aegean coast city of Oren, near Milas, in the holiday region of Mugla on August 3, 2021 as Turkey struggles against its deadliest wildfires in decades. – The nation of 84 million has been transfixed in horror as the most destructive wildfires in generations erase pristine forests and rich farmland across swaths of Turkey’s Mediterranean and Aegean coasts. Tourists have been forced to escape on boats for safety and dozens of villages have been evacuated as wild winds and soaring heat fan the flames. (Photo by STR / AFP) 
People assess the damage in a home caused by fire in the forested hills of the Kabylie region, east of the Algerian capital Algiers, on August 11, 2021. – The death toll climbed to at least 69 as firefighters, soldiers and civilian volunteers battled blazes in forests across northern Algeria today, in the latest wildfires to sweep the Mediterranean. (Photo by Ryad KRAMDI / AFP) 
Heavy smoke rises during a wildfire in the forested hills of the Kabylie region, east of the Algerian capital Algiers, on August 11, 2021. – The death toll climbed to at least 69 as firefighters, soldiers and civilian volunteers battled blazes in forests across northern Algeria today, in the latest wildfires to sweep the Mediterranean. (Photo by Ryad KRAMDI / AFP) 
Charred trees are seen following a wildfire in Tizi Ouzou, one of the most populous cities in Algeria’s Kabylie region, on August 10, 2021. – Wildfires fanned by blistering temperatures and tinder-dry conditions have killed at least seven people in Algeria, the interior minister said, adding the fires had criminal origins. (Photo by Ryad KRAMDI / AFP)
