Hundreds of firefighters battle major wildfire south of Paris

• A major fire in the historic Fontainebleau forest, south of Paris, has led to residential evacuations, disrupted train services from Gare de Lyon, and halted traffic on the A6 highway.
• Two water-dumping planes and hundreds of firefighters were deployed to fight the blaze, located about 70 kilometres from the French capital.
• This incident occurs amidst France's third heatwave of the summer, with temperatures exceeding 40C in some areas, contributing to several wildfires across Western Europe.
• In Spain, a separate wildfire in a southern expat community has resulted in 13 fatalities, including a 98-year-old British national, with 10 people still unaccounted for.
• The Spanish fire, which affected 70 square kilometres, has now been contained, highlighting the extreme heat and dry conditions exacerbating wildfires across Europe, the world's fastest-warming continent.

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Major fire in Fontainebleau forest near Paris forces evacuations and closes highway