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Spain, Portugal Wildfires Spread

Wildfires in Spain and Portugal force evacuations and deployment of thousands of emergency personnel

A heatwave is continuing to affect the Iberian Peninsula. Thousands of firefighters have been deployed to battle ongoing blazes and towns have been evacuated. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited affected regions to meet with the heads of emergency teams.

Al Jazeera on MSN · 23h

‘Flames that consumed the hills’: Portugal, Spain reel from wildfires

Emergency services are under strain due to the ‘worst’ fires in Portugal in years, Al Jazeera’s Sonia Gallego says.

Bloomberg · 1d

Spain, Portugal Wildfires Spread as Extreme Conditions Linger

Thousands of firefighters worked overnight to contain dozens of deadly wildfires burning across Spain and Portugal as heat and gusty winds spread blazes through dry brush, forests and crops.

Spain battles record fires even

Newsday · 2h

Spain battles record fires even as end of heatwave brings lower temperatures

Europe has been warming twice as fast as the global average since the 1980s, according to the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. Scientists say that climate change is exacerbating the frequency and intensity of heat and dryness in parts of Europe, making the region more vulnerable to wildfires.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Spain Deploys 500 More Troops to Battle Wildfires During Extended Heat Wave

Spain is deploying 500 more soldiers to help battle wildfires that have ravaged parched woodlands during a prolonged heat wave, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said

Yahoo · 1d

Spain battles raging wildfires amid weekslong heatwave

Nearly all of Spain on Sunday was under extreme risk of wildfires, which have burned through around 390,000 acres this year.

Amazon S3 on MSN5h

Portugal: Covilha Wildfire Spreads to Nearby Towns, Residents Urged to Stay Safe

The Covilha wildfire, now the country's most resource-intensive fire, has spread to Fundao and Silvares. Authorities have ...

1don MSN

Spain and Portugal fires kill two more as Spanish troops battle blazes

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 ...

Morocco World News2h

Moroccan Canadair Planes Remain on Duty as Portugal Struggles with Deadly Wildfires

Morocco faces its own wildfire challenges in Chefchaouen province, specifically affecting large forest areas of Dardara and ...

Fire tornado swirls up through smoke cloud from Portugal wildfire

A video of a small fire tornado was caught on camera in Portugal as the country battled a series of wildfires amid another ...

CNA3d

Portugal reports first death from heatwave fires

LISBON: The fires raging across Portugal claimed their first victim Friday (Aug 15), when the former mayor of the eastern ...

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Spain deploys another 500 soldiers to tackle wildfires - as part of Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route closed

Up to 20 major wildfires are burning in total, the majority in Spain's northwestern region of Galicia, while there are ...

Terrifying moment FIRENADO is whipped up in deadly Portugal fires as mayor killed in inferno

THIS is the horrifying moment a fire tornado violently erupts in Portugal killing a mayor in its blaze. It comes as hundreds ...

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