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Spain battles one of its most destructive fire seasons even as its heat wave eases
Spain tackled several major wildfires on Tuesday in one of the country’s most destructive fire seasons in recent decades, despite temperatures dropping across the Iberian Peninsula. Thousands of firefighters aided by soldiers and water-bombing aircraft fought fires tearing through parched woodland that were especially severe in northwestern Spain,
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,
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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 ...
Spain has sent 500 more troops to fight raging wildfires, bringing the total deployed to 1,900, as the death toll from the ...
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‘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.
The Covilha wildfire, now the country's most resource-intensive fire, has spread to Fundao and Silvares. Authorities have ...
Thousands of firefighters worked overnight to contain dozens of deadly wildfires burning across Spain and Portugal as heat ...
Morocco faces its own wildfire challenges in Chefchaouen province, specifically affecting large forest areas of Dardara and ...
Southern Europe is experiencing one of its worst wildfire seasons in 20 years, with Spain among the hardest-hit countries. In ...
This year is turning into one of the worst fire seasons in recent memory in Europe. Firefighters are struggling to contain ...
More than 343,000 hectares of land – the equivalent of nearly half a million football pitches – destroyed this year in Spain, ...
Fire crews in Greece, Spain, and Portugal are racing to contain wildfires. Calmer winds on Thursday have helped slow the ...
Up to 20 major wildfires are burning in total, the majority in Spain's northwestern region of Galicia, while there are ...
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