Conflict · WildfiresEurope Heat Past 40°C Fuels Wildfires — Homes Burned, Hundreds Flee, 4 HurtAired August 14, 2026 at 1:46 PM UTCWritten September 7, 2026 at 9:22 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:00A new heatwave pushing past 40 degrees0:02Celsius is driving wildfires across0:04Europe, burning through homes, forcing0:07hundreds to evacuate, and injuring at0:08least four people, including a child.0:11Near Birmingham in the United Kingdom,0:13flames ripped through homes in what0:14officials described as one of the most0:16significant fires between England and0:18Wales. In southern France, in an area0:20transcribed as Department of Landing0:21[music] Bordeaux, approximately 6000:23hectares have burned and hundreds of0:25people have been evacuated after months0:26of severe fires, with heat again0:29exceeding 40 degrees that experts link0:31to human-caused climate [music] change.0:32The evacuations are running in parallel.0:34Hundreds ordered out in southern France0:36and hundreds more fleeing in Croatia. In0:39an area transcribed as Lakavara Kosnica,0:41>> [music]0:41>> where fire moved from pine forests into0:43residential areas. In Montenegro, fires0:45are spreading rapidly on strong [music]0:47winds. While the confirmed toll so far0:49is at least four injuries near0:50Birmingham, about 600 hectares [music]0:53burned in southern France, and hundreds0:55evacuated in both France and Croatia. A0:58separate claim in the video's title and0:59description says a wall of fire forced a1:02sea evacuation in Greece and strained1:04fire services from the Mediterranean to1:06the UK Midlands. A detail that does not1:08appear in the video's own detailed1:09account covering the United Kingdom,1:11[music] France, Croatia, and Montenegro.1:13The fire stretched from the UK Midlands1:15to the Mediterranean, with the Greece1:17[music] sea evacuation claim still1:18separate from the four countries1:20detailed in the transcript, and two1:21place names still awaiting verified1:23spelling. [music]1:24The entire account rests on a single1:26video uploaded August 14th with no1:28independent confirmation yet available,1:30and the transcriptions Department of1:32Landing Bordeaux and Lakavara Kosnica1:34are flagged as apparently misspelled or1:36non-standard and require verification1:38before publication.1:40>> [music]1:40>> Unresolved tonight are the condition of1:42the injured child and the three others1:43hurt near Birmingham, the exact number1:46of homes damaged, whether any of the1:47fires in the four countries are1:49contained, and whether a sea evacuation1:51did occur in Greece.1:53Like and follow for more stories that1:54matter.Explore with HeyDexThe shortThe short ↗