The burning of the European Heat wave becomes deadly in Spain, Italy and France

Two people were found dead by firefighters who managed a flame in the Spanish region of Catalonia on Tuesday, as Europe withstands burning temperatures during the continuing heat wave.

In a statement, the Catalan authorities said the bodies were found after firefighters suppressed a fire in the Torefetta area near the town of Kosco.

A 10-year-old American tourist visiting the Versailles Palace has died after getting sick, the French media reported.

Earlier, the country’s environmental transition minister said two victims were reported in France, adding that more than 300 people had been treated by firefighters on Tuesday.

The European continent is experiencing extremely high temperatures, a phenomenon that the UN Climatic Agency has said is becoming more common due to “human-induced climate change.”

As reported by the French operator TF1, a child aged 10 collapsed in the yard of the royal mansion, in front of his parents, around 6:00 pm local time on Tuesday. Despite the efforts of the castle security team and emergency services, it was declared a dead hour later.

For Spain and England, June marks its hottest June since the beginning of the records. The Spain Meteorological Service, Aemet, said the average temperature of last month from 23.6 ° C (74.5F) “sprayed records”, exceeding the normal average for July and August.

Firefighters worked on Tuesday night in Catalonia to determine the perimeter of both Torrefeta fires and Florejacs, according to the fire service in the region.

In a statement on Wednesday, the fire service said their efforts were focused on the establishment of the perimeter, the repayment of fires in buildings and the exclusion of more victims.

At 22:37 local time on Tuesday (21:37 BST), Catalonia’s emergency services have found that they work in a perimeter of about 6,500 hectares, which is about 40 km long (25 miles).

According to reports by the Spanish media, the two killed in the Kosco fire were the owner of a farm and a worker. The couple was 32 and 45 years old.

Firefighters said they had found the two bodies “lifeless” when dealing with the flame. The regional president of Catalonia, Salvador Ila, said he would visit the area.

The Spanish forecast AEMET predicts that Wednesday will see the maximum of 41 ° C in Cordoba, a city in southern Spain.

French Minister of French Agnes Panier-Arkar’s environmental transition said the two deaths in her country were the result of a “heat-related disease”.

It comes as France registered its second hottest June, as the records began in 1900. June 2025 only after June 2023, when the country also experienced intense heat.

Four departments in France remain at the heat signal level for heat, the highest level. These include Aube, Cher, Loiret and Yonne, according to the country’s meteorological service, Meteo France.

The forecast predicted some storms in parts of Eastern France, such as in the northeast of the northeast.

In Italy, a 75-year-old man in the Budunia, Sardinia, died after he became ill because of the extreme heat. Another man, 60 years old, became ill while on Lou Impostu beach in San Theodoro. The emergency services tried to save both men without success.

Temperatures in the region have exceeded 40 ° C in recent days.

Also, in the Mediterranean side, two construction workers in Buez Sul Brent, in the Vicenza province, were taken to hospital at 15:30 local time on Tuesday, as they became ill as a result of the heat while working in a hole.

One of the workers is in a coma, according to reports by the Italian news agency ANSA, who reported he was resuscitated, intubated and taken to San Basiano Hospital by helicopter.

Dimple Rana specialist, Heat and Microclimate at the Sustainable Development Consulting Company, ARUP told the BBC that there is a “great connection between the impact and the age associated with heat”.

In the United Kingdom, for example, most heat-related deaths were among the elderly adults, said Mrs. Rana. The younger children, especially those under five, were also at risk.

Another factor to consider is that often people with a lower income do more manual work, said G -Ja wound, which means that they are more exposed to higher temperatures.

Intense heat on Tuesday led to a break in the center of Florence due to the PIC of air conditioning consumption and some underground electrical cables, overheating of Italian media.

The eclipse on Tuesday afternoon meant that homes, hotels and shops were without power. ATMs were also out of action and alarm systems in stores, and other business premises were disabled.

In Bergamo, the overheating of underground cables also caused the power supply in half of the city. On one side to Piazza della Liberta, the lights were switched on and people could gather outside, while on the other, to the Senterion, no electricity meant dark stores of stores and a little to no life.

The eclipse in Bergamo on Tuesday covered several hours, without power between 4:00 pm and 22:46 local time.

Thermal waves are becoming more common due to the climatic changes caused by humans, according to the UN intergovernmental panel to climate change.

The extremely hot weather will happen more often – and it will become even more intensive – as the planet continues to warm, she said.

The heat and microclimate expert d -ja wound said we need efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, using more clean energy, for example, but we also need to adapt.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which is the UN Time and Climate Agency, said on Tuesday that human-induced climatic changes means that “extreme heat is becoming more common and intense.”

In a statement, WMO added: “The effect of heat on human health is more expressed in cities as a result of the effect of the urban heat island.

“This is where urban environments are significantly higher than the surrounding rural areas, especially during hot periods, due to an abundance of paved surfaces, buildings, vehicles and heat sources.”

“This extra heat in the cities exacerbates the heat stress and can increase mortality during hot periods,” the agency said.