Firefighters in Spain and Portugal are battling wildfires ahead of an expected rise in temperatures that could worsen the situation on the Iberian Peninsula.

Madrid, Lisbon deploy thousands of firefighters as extreme heat, strong winds drive multiple wildfires across Iberian Peninsula, prompting evacuations, lockdowns - Anadolu Ajansı

EL ARENAL, Spain/AROUCA, Portugal (Reuters) -Thousands of firefighters struggled to put out a dozen wildfires raging in northern Portugal and central Spain through the night and into Wednesday, in the largest wave of blazes in the Iberian Peninsula so far this year after weeks of summer heat.