Two people were found dead by firefighters tackling a blaze in Spain's Catalonia region on Tuesday, as Europe endures scorching temperatures during the ongoing heatwave. In a statement, Catalan authorities said the two bodies were found after firefighters extinguished a fire in the Torrefeta area, near the town of Coscó.

Spanish authorities say two people have died in northeastern Spain in a wildfire that spread quickly before firefighters brought it under control

Authorities in the Catalonia region confined about 14,000 people to their homes on Tuesday due to two wildfires that broke out in the province of Lerida.