By Janis Laizans and Emma Pinedo BORDEAUX/MADRID, July 27 (Reuters) - Firefighters sought on Monday to take advantage of more favourable weather conditions to subdue massive wildfires threatening the French city and tourist region of Bordeaux and a number of sites in neighbouring Spain.

Flames burned through the Deep Space Communications Complex near Madrid, but NASA has been unable to assess the damage as a wildfire emergency grips the region.

Heat waves and scant rainfall in Europe have contributed to historic wildfires in France and Spain that have forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes in one of the continent’s biggest evacuation efforts since World War II.

ATHENS, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Wildfires fanned by heavy winds burned across multiple areas of Greece on Saturday, including near Athens, with large-scale firefighting operations and emergency evacuations underway,

Massive forest fires are raging out of control in southwestern France and central Spain, forcing authorities to evacuate around 200,000 people. Dozens of firefighters have been injured, but no

Several firefighters have been killed as France, Spain and Italy all battle wildfires that have forced tens of thousands to evacuate a vacation hotspot.

Multiple wildfires were burning across Spain on Friday, authorities said, including in the Aragon and Madrid regions.

France and Spain are facing one of Europe’s largest wildfire emergencies in decades, with more than 300,000 people displaced, vast stretches of forest and farmland burned, and firefighters racing against wind, heat, and drought before another surge in ...

France has deployed emergency teams to protect Bordeaux after flames spread inland from the Cap Ferret peninsula, while Spain is preparing to declare a civil protection emergency and release recovery funds for fire-hit regions.