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