The dangerous, record heat affecting Europe had firefighters in London working their busiest day since WWII.
On a normal day, the fire service will get 350 calls, Khan said. On a busy day, the London fire service would get 500 calls. On Tuesday, the London fire service received more than 2,600 calls, Khan said. There were 41 properties destroyed in London due to wildfires and 16 firefighters were injured battling the blazes, Khan said.
"It is important for us to recognize that one of the consequences of climate change and these sorts of temperatures that lead to the fires you are seeing," Khan said."The challenge in London is we have a lot of grass, a lot of green spaces and a lot of that impinges on properties. And when you have not had rain for a long period, when the grass is incredibly dry, fires can start very quickly and spread even faster because of wind and that leads to properties being destroyed.
"A lot of the problems we have here today are a direct consequence of climate change, excess death because of the heat wave," Khan said."A lot of these problems can be solved by tackling climate change expediently, rather than kicking the can down the road." Beyond the U.K., firefighters in In France, Spain and Greece are fighting to keep back wildfires exacerbated by heat and dry conditions.A wildfire broke out late in the late afternoon hours, on the 19th of July 2022 on Mount Penteli outside of Athens.
"High temperatures and ongoing drought are two primary factors that contribute to wildfire conditions, and southern Europe has had both of those lately,"
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