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AP PHOTOS: Wildfires surge across Europe in dry, hot weather

Men on motorcycles watch a fire at Penteli, Greece, on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) A couple stands on the Le Moulleau pier in Arcachon, southwestern France, late Monday July 18, 2022, as a large cloud of black smoke laden with ashes coming from a giant wildfire consuming a forest bordering the Dune du Pilat fills the sky. (AP Photo/Sophie Garcia) Residents spray water with a hose as fire burns near houses in the area of Drafi east of Athens on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) A firefighter works to extinguish a fire as wildfires get close to a house in Tabara, north-west Spain, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) People look at the smoke from a fire in the area of Anthousa, about 30 kilometers, (18 miles) east of Athens on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) A man descends the Pyla dune toward the Les Flots Bleus campsite that burned down in a forest fire in Pyla sur Mer, near Arcachon, southwest France, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Bob Edme) People work to extinguish a fire as it gets close to a house in Tabara, north-west Spain, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Jordi Villalta, 62, stands next to his house burnt during a wildfire in River Park village, near the town of El Pont de Vilomara, Spain, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. Jordi could not even salvage his clothes before escaping the flames, "all I have is what I'm wearing, I've lost everything" Jordi said. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Firefighters and policemen evacuate an elderly woman from her house in Penteli, Greece, on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) A resident looks as flames advance during a wildfire in Pumarejo de Tera in north western Spain, Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Fraile) Firefighters work at the scene of a wildfire in Tabara, north-west Spain, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Alex Codonyer, 55, hugs his son Alan, 12, next to their house burnt during a wildfire in River Park village, near the town of El Pont de Vilomara, Spain, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Jaume Almirall checks the damage at his swimming pool burnt during a wildfire near the town of El Pont de Vilomara, Spain, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) A firefighter sprays water at a fire on the mount of Penteli in Greece, on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) The skull of a goat lies on the ground after a forest fire on a farm in San Martin de Tabara, north-west Spain, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) A volunteer uses a tree branch trying to prevent a forest fire from reaching houses in the village of Casal da Quinta, outside Leiria, central Portugal, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Joao Henriques) Firefighters evacuate an elderly woman from her house in Penteli, Greece, on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) Firefighters leave the area as fire burns near a house in Penteli, Greece, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) A firefighting Helicopter throws water in the area of Panorama Palinis, eastern Athens, on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) Charred trees surround a home after a wildfire swept through near the town of El Pont de Vilomara, Spain, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) A firefighter tries to extinguish the flames next to motorcycles during a wildfire near Megara town, west of Athens, Greece, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. The new fire broke out in the hills outside the town of Megara, 40 kilometers (25 miles) to the west, prompting a new, but more limited, round of evacuations. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
AP PHOTOS: Wildfires surge across Europe in dry, hot weather