Gregorio Marrero\/AP<\/span><\/p>\n Firefighters in Spain are battling 30 active fires, mostly in Castile and Leon, Galicia and Andalusia, the Interior Ministry and Catalan authorities said.<\/p>\n Temperatures are expected to reach 42\u00baC (107.6\u00baF) in three of the country’s provinces on Sunday, prompting the state weather agency to issue “extreme risk” alerts.<\/p>\n In Mijas, Spain, in the municipality of Malaga, 3,000 people have fled because of the fires. More than 22,000 hectares of land are at risk of burning in Mijas province as firefighters battle to contain the flames.<\/p>\n Forest fires are starting earlier in the season, ending later and becoming more frequent due to climate change, the European Union said in a report<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n Firefighters work against a forest fire near Landiras, southwest France, on July 16, 2022.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n SDIS 33 via AP<\/span><\/p>\n “Climate change is exacerbating the situation, making countries more prone to forest fires and increasing the intensity of these events,” the report says.<\/p>\n Sweltering heat is also expected to grip other parts of Europe in the coming days. Areas of England are expected to reach 40C (104F) on Tuesday.<\/p>\n The UK government issued a national emergency and warned people not to leave their homes unless necessary, according to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n “This year, for the first time, we have issued a severe weather emergency response in the summer,” London Mayor Sadiq Khan said. said<\/a>.<\/p>\n ABC News’ Aicha El Hammar Castano contributed to this report.<\/p>\n![\"PHOTO:](\"https:\/\/s.abcnews.com\/images\/International\/wildfire-europe-france-03-ap-llr-220717_1658088170044_hpEmbed_3x2_992.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
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