Two people were found dead by firefighters tackling a blaze in Spain's Catalonia region on Tuesday, as Europe endures scorching temperatures during the ongoing heatwave. In a statement, Catalan authorities said the two bodies were found after firefighters extinguished a fire in the Torrefeta area, near the town of Coscó.

As the world’s fastest-warming region, which is heating nearly twice as fast as the global average, Europe is becoming a frontline of the climate crisis.

By Ezgi Erkoyun, Dominique Vidalon and Kate Abnett ISTANBUL/PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Firefighters battled wildfires in Turkey and France on Monday and more than 50,000 people were evacuated as an early summer heatwave hit Europe.