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

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.

The heat wave in Europe helped fuel a wildfire in Spain that killed two farmers, taking hundreds of firefighters to bring it under control.