'We put two-and-a-half years of labour and love into the house to make it our home, and it was just gone within 24 hours,' says Cameron, 60. 'We're the lucky ones,' says Cameron, even as he surveys the charred remains of his home. Already this summer 300,000 people have been evacuated from the path of catastrophic wildfires across Europe, with at least 254,000 hectares of land burned. Both countries have declared national emergencies as a result and warned that extreme wildfire danger is likely to continue throughout August. UME personnel fighting a wildfire near Navas del Rey, 55 kilometers southwest of Madrid.