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Record area of land burnt as Spain battles worst fires in decades
Spain is seeing its most devastating forest fires in over 20 years, with 3,440 square kilometres of land destroyed by more than 220 fires so far this year, according to new EU estimates. The previous record registered by the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) was 3,
More Soldiers and European Firefighters Join Battle Against Blazes in Spain
France sent two teams of 100 firefighters, who were “currently arriving,” Virginia Barcones Sanz, the director general of civil protection and emergencies in Spain, told reporters on Monday. Germany is deploying a team of 66 firefighters with 21 vehicles, while Finland is sending 30 firefighters, she said.
Spain's weather agency warned the public on Monday to be "cautious" of the "very high or extreme fire danger." ...
In neighbouring Portugal, where fires are also blazing, another firefighter was killed on Sunday in a "tragic" traffic accident, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said. Fires have also broken out in ...
FOUR people have died in Spain as ferocious wildfires continue to burn into their ninth day. More than 40 fires are still ...
Mapped: All the areas where wildfires have broken out in Spain, Turkey and Portugal as record-breaking heatwave continues - ...
VILLANUEVA DE LA SIERRA, Spain, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Spain battled 14 major fires driven by high winds and aggravated by heat ...
Six firefighters have died across Spain and Portugal as the Iberian peninsula grapples with devastating wildfires exacerbated ...
Spain’s Pedro Sanchez called for a nationwide pact uniting all levels of government to combat what he called an accelerating ...
Southern Europe is experiencing one of its worst wildfire seasons in 20 years, with Spain among the hardest-hit countries. In ...
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Spain's Sánchez cuts holiday short as 20 high-risk fires rage
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has interrupted his summer holiday to visit regions hit hardest by severe wildfires in ...
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