The largest of dozens of fires swept across grassland around Pea Lane in East London. Around 175 fire fighters battled to put it out as emergency protocols were instituted all across the city.
A man in Spain was engulfed in flames when his excavator caught fire while he dug a trench in an attempt to stop a raging wildfire from reaching the northwestern town of Tabara. Video of the terrifying incident shows the flames closing in on him and catching his clothing as he ran from his abandoned digger. He was eventually airlifted to a hospital where he is being treated for serious burns, according to local press reports.
High temperature records are also being shattered across France, where the new night time high temperature was set overnight Monday to Tuesday as temps failed to drop below 32.8/91.4 degrees for the first time since records were kept. Fires there have also wiped out five tourist camp sites, sending 6,000 campers fleeing on Tuesday.
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