Firefighter plane drops seawater on Malaga wildfire

Firefighters across Spain were working to extinguish more than 30 fires consuming forests spread across the country on Sunday. Spain's National Defense Department said that "the majority" of its fire-fighting aircraft have been deployed to reach the blazes, many of which are in rugged, hilly terrain that is difficult for ground crews to access.

In Spain, the second heat wave of the summer has kept highs above 40 degrees Celsius in many areas. Fire season has hit parts of Europe earlier than usual this year after an unusually dry, hot spring that left the soil parched and which authorities attribute to climate change.