In the vicinity of the Italian capital Rome, the fire brigade continued to fight forest fires on Friday evening.
The emergency services extinguished the fire from two fronts, as the fire brigade announced in the evening.
A fire-fighting aircraft and two helicopters are also in use.
The flames burned in the Monte Catillo nature reserve north of Tivoli.
The city in eastern Rome is known for its Unesco World Heritage villas Villa d'Este and Villa Adrianna.
Meanwhile, President Sergio Mattarella examined the situation in Sardinia.
When visiting the air force in Alghero, the 80-year-old also flew over the forest fire area in the province of Oristano in the west of the island.
"Seeing the devastation caused by the fires makes one understand the enormous extent of the damage to the lives of the affected communities," said Mattarella.
In the southern region of Calabria, many fires burned in the area around the Aspromonte National Park on Friday.
So far there have been four deaths in connection with the forest fires.
In Sicily and Sardinia, civil defense downgraded the forest fire risk for Saturday in many provinces.
Extreme heat and persistent drought have favored the flames since the end of July.
The authorities suspect arson behind many of the fires.
46.1 degrees in Cordoba
In Spain, the worst summer heatwave to date made millions of people sweat. On Friday, the values climbed well above 40 degrees in many areas of the country, including in the capital Madrid. As the weather service Aemet announced, 46.1 degrees were measured on Friday afternoon in the Andalusian province of Córdoba. The national record of 46.9 degrees recorded in Cordoba in July 2017 was within reach. “Saturday will be the worst day. It cannot be ruled out that the record will be broken, ”said an Aemet spokesman.
Aemet called out a red alert until Monday, especially for several areas in Andalusia.
The extreme heat also hit the Spanish winemakers.
In the Castile-La Mancha region, they had to start the grape harvest - which usually starts in September - early on Friday.
The grapes were already very ripe, it was said.
Turkey's death toll rises to 38
In Turkey's Black Sea region, 38 people were killed in connection with flooding.
Twelve people would be treated in the hospital, said the civil protection agency Afad on Friday.
The three provinces of Bartin, Kastamonu and Sinop are particularly affected.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan traveled to Kastamonu on Friday and said the destroyed places would be replaced by “better ones”.
Meanwhile, massive rains continue to keep Japan in suspense. Entire residential areas were flooded on the hard-hit southwestern main island of Kyushu. Japanese television showed on Saturday morning (local time) how rescue workers in Saga Prefecture brought old people to safety with inflatable boats. Streets and houses were under water - as in other areas. Hundreds of thousands of people in several prefectures of the island kingdom had already been asked the day before to get to safety from possible floods and landslides.
A woman was killed in a landslide in Nagasaki Prefecture, Unzen City. The national weather authority warned residents in large areas of the country on Saturday of the extremely high risk of swollen rivers, floods and landslides due to the heavy rains. Precipitation is also expected in the coming days and will spread to the northeast. As a result of global warming, Japan is increasingly hit by heavy rains. As a result, landslides are becoming increasingly common in the mountainous country.