MADRID (AP) -- Wildfires raging across Europe have killed hundreds of people over the last decade, and climate change is set to push the death toll even higher in the coming years.

A wildfire in southern Spain killed at least 11 people overnight into Friday morning, making it one of the country's deadliest on record, as soaring temperatures gripped much of the country.

In France, a rock fall Wednesday killed a 22-year-old volunteer firefighter who was helping battle a hard-to-reach forest fire in the mountains of the Alpine Savoie region of southeast France, as extreme high temperatures turned parched woodlands and scrub into tinderboxes.

Europe is the world's fastest-warming continent, with temperatures increasing twice as fast as the global average since the 1980s, according to the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service. Globally, 2025 was the third-hottest year on record, bringing several intense heat waves across Europe.

Scientists warn that climate change caused in part by the burning of fuels like gasoline, oil and coal is exacerbating the frequency and intensity of heat and dryness, making certain regions more vulnerable to wildfires.

Here's a look at some of the last decade's deadliest wildfires across Europe.