Spain deploys 500 additional soldiers to fight devastating wildfires as extreme heat fuels blazes across Europe.

Spain is deploying 500 more soldiers to battle fast-spreading wildfires, as a brutal heatwave and strong winds leave nearly the entire country at extreme risk. Fires have already scorched land equal to the size of London and killed seven people.

Wildfires intensified across southern Europe on Wednesday with a round-the-clock battle to protect the perimeter of Greece’s third-largest city and at le