Heatwave scorching Europe likely to break temperature records

APTOPIX Portugal Forest Fires

A forest fire nears a house in the village of Bemposta, near Ansiao, central Portugal. Source: AAP / Armando Franca/AP

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Causing forest fires and forcing people to fend for themselves, the heatwave has already seen firefighters stretched to capacity.

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