MANILA - No Filipino casualty has so far been reported amid the blistering heat waves sweeping across Europe, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Friday. "The department has instructed our Foreign Service Posts in Europe to monitor the situation regarding the current heat wave being experienced in Europe," DFA Deputy Assistant Secretary Gonar Musor said in a statement. "So far, no report has been received of casualties involving our Filipino citizens." Musor noted that Philippine embassies and consulates in Europe continue to remind the local Filipino community to take the necessary precautions against the negative effects caused by the heat wave. Several parts of Europe have been suffering from sweltering heat waves and wildfires this month, causing air pollution in the continent to spike. In an advisory on July 19, scientists of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service predicted "very high levels" of surface ozone pollution across a large re