The death toll is now at two in Portugal and four in Spain as the fires burn for a second week, according to AFP. The fires are largely located in the northwest regions of Galicia, Castile and León, and Extremadura. More than 31,000 residents have been evacuated from their homes in Spain due to the fires, according to The Guardian .

Four wildfires burning in western Colorado have consumed more than 250 square miles, threatened hundreds of homes and forced evacuations, fire officials said.

The fires have ravaged small, sparsely populated towns in the country's northwest, forcing locals in many cases to act as firefighters. About 2,382 square miles have burned across Spain and Portugal.

Spain's worst wave of wildfires on record spread to the southern slopes of the Picos de Europa mountains and prompted authorities to close part of the popular Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route.

The Bivens Creek and Cloudrest fires have burned 2,088 acres in Madison County and remain uncontained as of Monday.

New maps show updated acreage estimates for two wildfires burning near Sheridan.A new map generated Monday night shows the Cloudrest Fire is now 1,190 acres.T

By Fatos Bytyci and Florion Goga SKENDERBEGAS, Albania (Reuters) -As wildfires raged across Albania last week, people were forced to flee for their lives, with no time to save their livestock. Now the fires are subsiding,

The key to preventing forest fires is creating a rural economy based on the use of forests. While this would generate much-needed employment in “la España vaciada” – “hollowed-out Spain”, the name given to the country’s depopulated rural areas – it also costs money. It is therefore essential to invest in forests.