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.

Two people died in a wildfire in Spain’s Catalonia region a day ago, which was largely contained though more wind and thunder storms were expected on Wednesday, emergency services and officials said, as Europe grappled with a severe heatwave.

Spanish authorities have announced that two people died in the wildfire as temperature continues to rise in Europe.According to Independent, authorities on Wednesday, July 2, said that quickly spreading wildfire in the rural province of Lleida