Two people died in northeastern Spain in a wildfire that spread quickly before firefighters brought it under control, authorities said Wednesday.Catalan regional president Salvador Illa announced the deaths that occurred late Tuesday in a social media post around midnight.

Several European regions had their highest temperatures on the last day of June, as a heatwave continues into July.

Barcelona recorded its hottest June in over a century, the summit of Paris' iconic Eiffel Tower was closed to visitors and hundreds of French schools shut Tuesday as Europe sizzled in its first major heat wave of the summer.