{"id":144845,"date":"2025-08-14T10:37:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T10:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/144845\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T10:37:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T10:37:23","slug":"photos-of-the-wildfires-in-europe-displacing-thousands-as-residents-join-efforts-to-fight-the-flames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/144845\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos of the wildfires in Europe displacing thousands as residents join efforts to fight the flames"},"content":{"rendered":"<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/iptc.org\/std\/NITF\/2006-10-18\/\">Wildfires are <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wildfires-europe-greece-spain-albania-turkey-6a81120e83b8c24551948f6923728866\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">burning in parts of Europe<\/a>, displacing thousands, as water-dropping planes and helicopters swoop overhead and residents join the effort, beating back flames with cut branches or dousing them with buckets of water.<\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/iptc.org\/std\/NITF\/2006-10-18\/\">___<\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/iptc.org\/std\/NITF\/2006-10-18\/\">This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-6a0000\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Local residents and volunteers try to put out a wildfire in Larouco, northwestern Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo\/Lalo R. Villar)\"  width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755167838_673_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Local residents and volunteers try to put out a wildfire in Larouco, northwestern Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo\/Lalo R. Villar)<\/p>\n<p>Local residents and volunteers try to put out a wildfire in Larouco, northwestern Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo\/Lalo R. Villar)<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-6a0001\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Local residents and volunteers work together to put out an encroaching wildfire in Larouco, northwestern Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo\/Lalo R. Villar)\"  width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755167838_587_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Local residents and volunteers work together to put out an encroaching wildfire in Larouco, northwestern Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo\/Lalo R. Villar)<\/p>\n<p>Local residents and volunteers work together to put out an encroaching wildfire in Larouco, northwestern Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo\/Lalo R. Villar)<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-6a0002\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Bunred bale of straw are pictured during a forest fire in Pareisas, northwestern Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo\/Lalo R. Villar)\"  width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755167839_162_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Bunred bale of straw are pictured during a forest fire in Pareisas, northwestern Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo\/Lalo R. Villar)<\/p>\n<p>Bunred bale of straw are pictured during a forest fire in Pareisas, northwestern Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo\/Lalo R. Villar)<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-6a0003\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"A firefighter and men try to control the fire approaching a house during a wildfire in Patras city, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo\/Thanassis Stavrakis)\"  width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755167839_197_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A firefighter and men try to control the fire approaching a house during a wildfire in Patras city, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo\/Thanassis Stavrakis)<\/p>\n<p>A firefighter and men try to control the fire approaching a house during a wildfire in Patras city, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo\/Thanassis Stavrakis)<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-6a0004\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"A helicopter drops water on a wildfire in Larouco, northwestern Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo\/Lalo R. Villar)\"  width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755167839_399_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A helicopter drops water on a wildfire in Larouco, northwestern Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo\/Lalo R. Villar)<\/p>\n<p>A helicopter drops water on a wildfire in Larouco, northwestern Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo\/Lalo R. Villar)<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-6a0005\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Burned cars are seen at an impound lot in Kato Achaia, during a wildfire near Patras city, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo\/Thanassis Stavrakis)\"  width=\"599\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755167840_353_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Burned cars are seen at an impound lot in Kato Achaia, during a wildfire near Patras city, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo\/Thanassis Stavrakis)<\/p>\n<p>Burned cars are seen at an impound lot in Kato Achaia, during a wildfire near Patras city, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo\/Thanassis Stavrakis)<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-6a0006\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"A man fights against the fire as approaching a house during a wildfire in Vounteni, on the outskirts of Patras, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo\/Thanassis Stavrakis)\"  width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755167840_394_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A man fights against the fire as approaching a house during a wildfire in Vounteni, on the outskirts of Patras, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo\/Thanassis Stavrakis)<\/p>\n<p>A man fights against the fire as approaching a house during a wildfire in Vounteni, on the outskirts of Patras, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo\/Thanassis Stavrakis)<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-6a0007\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"A man reacts as firefighters and other men try to control an approaching wildfire in Patras city, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo\/Thanassis Stavrakis)\"  width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755167840_2_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A man reacts as firefighters and other men try to control an approaching wildfire in Patras city, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo\/Thanassis Stavrakis)<\/p>\n<p>A man reacts as firefighters and other men try to control an approaching wildfire in Patras city, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo\/Thanassis Stavrakis)<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-6b0000\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"A man takes away goats during a wildfire in Vounteni, on the outskirts of Patras, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo\/Thanassis Stavrakis)\"  width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755167841_786_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A man takes away goats during a wildfire in Vounteni, on the outskirts of Patras, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo\/Thanassis Stavrakis)<\/p>\n<p>A man takes away goats during a wildfire in Vounteni, on the outskirts of Patras, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo\/Thanassis Stavrakis)<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-6b0001\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Members of the London Fire Brigade tackle a wildfire on Wanstead Flats in London, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo\/Joanna Chan)\"  width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755167841_205_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Members of the London Fire Brigade tackle a wildfire on Wanstead Flats in London, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo\/Joanna Chan)<\/p>\n<p>Members of the London Fire Brigade tackle a wildfire on Wanstead Flats in London, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo\/Joanna Chan)<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-6b0002\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"View of flames and smoke from a fire on Arthur's Seat in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, Scotland, Sunday Aug. 10, 2025. (Jane Barlow\/PA via AP)\"  width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755167841_667_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>View of flames and smoke from a fire on Arthur\u2019s Seat in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, Scotland, Sunday Aug. 10, 2025. (Jane Barlow\/PA via AP)<\/p>\n<p>View of flames and smoke from a fire on Arthur\u2019s Seat in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, Scotland, Sunday Aug. 10, 2025. (Jane Barlow\/PA via AP)<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-6b0003\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Burned trees are pictured during one of the largest wildfire in decades in Fontjoncouse, southern France, Friday, Aug.8, 2025. (AP Photo\/Manu Fernandez)\"  width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755167842_579_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Burned trees are pictured during one of the largest wildfire in decades in Fontjoncouse, southern France, Friday, Aug.8, 2025. (AP Photo\/Manu Fernandez)<\/p>\n<p>Burned trees are pictured during one of the largest wildfire in decades in Fontjoncouse, southern France, Friday, Aug.8, 2025. (AP Photo\/Manu Fernandez)<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-6b0004\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"This photo, provided by the Securite Civile on Thursday Aug. 7, 2025, shows a fire man using a hose next to the wildfire near Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse, southern France, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (Securite Civile via AP)\"  width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755167842_669_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This photo, provided by the Securite Civile on Thursday Aug. 7, 2025, shows a fire man using a hose next to the wildfire near Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse, southern France, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (Securite Civile via AP)<\/p>\n<p>This photo, provided by the Securite Civile on Thursday Aug. 7, 2025, shows a fire man using a hose next to the wildfire near Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse, southern France, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (Securite Civile via AP)<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-6b0005\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Burned grapevines are pictured after firefighters contained France's largest wildfire in decades in Saint Laurent de La Cabrerisse, southern France, Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. (AP Photo\/Manu Fernandez)\"  width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755167842_405_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Burned grapevines are pictured after firefighters contained France\u2019s largest wildfire in decades in Saint Laurent de La Cabrerisse, southern France, Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. (AP Photo\/Manu Fernandez)<\/p>\n<p>Burned grapevines are pictured after firefighters contained France\u2019s largest wildfire in decades in Saint Laurent de La Cabrerisse, southern France, Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. (AP Photo\/Manu Fernandez)<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-6b0006\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"This photo, provided by the Securite Civile on Thursday Aug. 7, 2025, shows a plane flying over the wildfire near Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse, southern France, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (Securite Civile via AP)\"  width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755167843_626_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This photo, provided by the Securite Civile on Thursday Aug. 7, 2025, shows a plane flying over the wildfire near Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse, southern France, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (Securite Civile via AP)<\/p>\n<p>This photo, provided by the Securite Civile on Thursday Aug. 7, 2025, shows a plane flying over the wildfire near Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse, southern France, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (Securite Civile via AP)<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-6b0007\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"A burned agricultural machine is pictured after a fire during France's largest wildfire in decades in Albas, southern France, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (AP Photo\/Manu Fernandez)\"  width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755167843_115_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A burned agricultural machine is pictured after a fire during France\u2019s largest wildfire in decades in Albas, southern France, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (AP Photo\/Manu Fernandez)<\/p>\n<p>A burned agricultural machine is pictured after a fire during France\u2019s largest wildfire in decades in Albas, southern France, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. 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