Uncontained wildfires have burned more than 120,000 hectares in Spain and France combined, with three firefighter deaths reported in Crete and a new heat wave forecast above 40°C. France has allowed 84,000 evacuees to return home following containment of one blaze. A Scientific Reports study documents up to 50 percent increases in fire-promoting weather intensity in parts of the region from 1981 to 2025.