Firefighters and military units kept battling on August 11 as wildfires raged across Spain.⁣ ⁣ A large wildfire in southwestern Spain was burning beyond firefighters' ability to extinguish it on Monday, regional authorities said, as hot and windy weather fuelled other blazes raging across the country.⁣ ⁣ More than 600 firefighters backed by 26 water-dropping aircraft battled the blaze which broke out Thursday in the Andalusian province of Huelva, said the region's minister for emergencies, Antonio Sanz.⁣ ⁣ With consecutive heatwaves scorching much of Europe, the Mediterranean nation is facing a devastating summer wildfire season, with over 2,440 sq km of countryside burnt in 400 fires so far this year, according to estimates by the European Forest Fire Information System.⁣ ⁣ That is an area six times larger than at the same time last year, while across Europe, record heat and droughts this summer – which scientists say are exacerbated ​by global warming – have wreaked havoc on power pr...