Officials reported that a worker from a Spanish equestrian center passed away from his injuries on Tuesday in a suburb north of Madrid, reportedly while attempting to rescue horses.

Additionally, in Montenegro, a soldier lost his life and another was critically injured when their water tanker overturned while battling wildfires in the hills north of Podgorica, the capital.

‘A significantly warmer world’

Akshay Deoras, a research scientist at the University of Reading’s meteorology department in England, conveyed to Agence France-Presse that “we now live in a significantly warmer world” due to climate change, warning that “many still underestimate the danger”.

Thousands forced from their homes

Elsewhere, about 2,000 people were evacuated from hotels and homes near the popular beaches of Tarifa in Andalusia, southern Spain.