Hundreds of firefighters battled new wildfires in France and Spain as the European heatwave claimed three more lives in Italy.
More than 700 firefighters fought to bring 60 separate fires under control in the southern French département of Gard. At least 15 homes were destroyed.
In Spain, fire crews contained 90 per cent of the worst wildfire in 20 years that had raged across 60 sq km in Catalonia, but two other wildfires were still burning in the central region.
Britons fled for their lives as the wildfire encircled their rural homes in Catalonia.