Madrid residents on high temps as heat wave nears

Spain is bracing for a potential heat wave as temperatures are set to soar. According to a meteorologist at the Spanish Institute of Weather, Spain could see temperatures hitting 42/43°C in Seville, Cordoba or Badajoz over the weekend.

The heat is expected to last until the middle or end of next week. Hot weather is also expected in the normally cooler north.

Spanish emergency agencies deployed almost 1,000 firefighters, military personnel and support crews Thursday to fight a wildfire in southern Spain that has forced the evacuation of some 2,000 people amid fears that torrid weather may feed the blaze.