Brits could see hottest day ever as heat wave fuels fires across Europe

London — People across the United Kingdom have been warned to brace for what could be Britain's hottest day ever recorded, with temperatures expected to soar over the 100-degree mark. People in London and a vast swath of England were already baking in temperatures well into the mid-90s before lunchtime on Monday.

Forecasters warned that some areas could touch 40 degrees Celsius on Monday or Tuesday — a landmark which, at 104 Fahrenheit, is about 30 degrees over typical summer temperatures in the U.K.

As CBS News correspondent Roxana Saberi reports, the same heat wave is already blamed for the extreme temperatures fueling widespread wildfires across other parts of Europe.