{"id":365689,"date":"2026-07-30T01:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T00:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/thousands-of-firefighters-tackle-european-wildfires-in-blistering-heat-in-david-v-goliath-battle\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T01:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T00:00:26","slug":"thousands-of-firefighters-tackle-european-wildfires-in-blistering-heat-in-david-v-goliath-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/thousands-of-firefighters-tackle-european-wildfires-in-blistering-heat-in-david-v-goliath-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of firefighters tackle European wildfires in blistering heat in &#8216;David v Goliath&#8217; battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/MsTIZIeBrpw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Thousands of firefighters tackle European wildfires in blistering heat in 'David v Goliath' battle\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MsTIZIeBrpw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Firefighters in southwest France are still battling an uncontained wildfire four times the size of Paris.<\/p>\n<p>They are working in extreme conditions, with temperatures expected to climb above 40 degrees Celsius on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Drought now covers mainland France and Corsica, with soils nearing the record dryness reached in August 2022.<\/p>\n<p>In Spain, firefighters have stabilized forest fires burning in the Madrid region and province of \u00c1vila, Spain\u2019s Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities lifted all evacuation orders in \u00c1vila and in additional villages affected in the Madrid region, with tens of thousands of people returning home.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firefighters in southwest France are still battling an uncontained wildfire four times the size of Paris. They are working in extreme conditions, with temperatures expected to climb above 40 degrees Celsius on Wednesday. Drought now covers mainland France and Corsica, with soils nearing the record dryness reached in August 2022. 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