# Wildfires spread across North America and Europe, 2 killed in Utah

https://mins.news/en/item/17741

- CGTN, 2026-08-09 05:07 UTC
- World
- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-08-09/Wildfires-spread-across-North-America-and-Europe-2-killed-in-Utah-1PsP4dbPWpi/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=World

> Wildfires continued to cause widespread devastation across parts of North America and Europe on Saturday. A helicopter crash during firefighting operations in the western United States killed two people. Thousands of residents were evacuated in British Columbia, Canada, while hundreds of firefighters worked to contain a major blaze in Spain.

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