Fire and Rescue services concentrate efforts on preventing 'large-scale' fires from reaching Kibbutz Manara and Kiryat Shemona; dozens of teams dispatched to moshav Mesilat Zion

PM emphasizes importance of vigilance in dry season, which coincides with school summer vacations

Fire 'zero percent contained' as of Sunday night; climate change, drought exacerbate blaze; more fires expected in coming months

Residents of Kfar Haruv later allowed to return home, as flames pushed away from homes, but fires still burning in other areas

Seven firefighters injured in the Elbe-Elster district as hundreds battle wildfires across eastern Germany; Czech officials visit border area, say situation 'very serious'

Temperatures set to rise to 107 degrees during 10-day period; fires rage throughout country, including in Lesbos; more than 1,000 acres of woodland burned in one blaze

Over 400 firefighters battling blaze, which has destroyed 10 residential and commercial structures and threatens 2,000 more; evacuation orders put in effect for over 6,000 people

Hundreds of residents evacuated; at least two people hospitalized with breathing problems and minor burns; several houses damaged

Heat measured at 39.1 degrees Celsius; at least five people drown while trying to cool off; wildfires continue to spread in France

Britain issues first-ever 'red warning' of extreme heat; some hospitals cancel surgeries, many schools to shut; blazes in France, Greece, Portugal, Spain force thousands to flee