{
  "id": 891637,
  "title": "Europe: Raging wildfires scorch large swaths of the continent",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/europe-raging-wildfires-scorch-large-swaths-of-the-continent",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T16:02:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260814-europe-raging-wildfires-scorch-large-swaths-of-the-continent"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Firefighters across Europe battled multiple fires August 14 as a new wave of record-breaking heat baked a swath of the continent. The historic temperatures are linked to human-caused climate change, and are hitting countries better suited for long cold seasons and ill-equipped for such extreme heat, with limited air conditioning.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Hundreds evacuated from Croatian and Greek resorts as wildfires stretch across Europe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/hundreds-evacuated-from-croatian-and-greek-resorts-as-wildfires",
        "published": "2026-08-14T20:23:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Wildfires rage across Europe as heatwaves drive record temperatures",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/wildfires-rage-across-europe-as-heatwaves-drive-record-temperatures",
        "published": "2026-08-14T21:50:35.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}