1,500 evacuated as Spain’s wildfires start early
Over 1,500 people have been evacuated from their homes as a major forest fire continues to rage in the Castellón province of Valencia on Friday, and...
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Spain classifies wildfire areas as ‘disaster zones’ for emergency subsidies
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Monday that his government is classifying areas struck by big wildfires this year as disaster zones, a move to...
All evacuees of Bejís fire can ‘gradually return to homes’, as blaze stabilised
Fire crews battling to contain a wildfire that has devastated vast areas of land in the Valencia region gained more ground on Sunday, allowing officials...
Despite rainfall, wildfire around Bejís in Valencia continues, as 35 aircraft deployed
A major wildfire continues to burn out of control around the Valencian municipality of Bejís, in the province of Castellón, becoming one of the biggest this year in...
Three seriously injured after jumping from train halted by forest fire in Valencia region
Around 12 people were injured, three seriously, following an incident on a train passing through Torás in the province of Castellón (Valencia region) on Tuesday evening, and close...
Wildfire in Aragón now ‘stabilised’, but winds fanning flames in Valencia region
Firefighters in Spain were battling strong winds during Monday as a huge forest fire burnt out of control in the south east while another blaze...
Heat-related deaths over 1,100 in Spain & Portugal, as heatwave & wildfires continue
As Western Europe continues to suffer a record-breaking heatwave, Spain and Portugal have reported at least 1,169 heat-related deaths, according to each country’s ministry of...
As Spain continues to battle wildfires, video shows passenger train flanked by flames
As the heatwave continues across Europe, authorities in Spain also continue to scramble water-bombing planes, helicopters and firefighters to battle the many wildfires spreading through...
Wildfires rage in Spain, with over 3,000 evacuated from homes in Andalusia
Wildfires raged in Spain and south west France on Saturday, forcing thousands of people to be evacuated from their homes as blistering summer temperatures put...
As heatwave slowly eases, Spain continues to battle wildfires
After Spain experienced its earliest major heatwave in more than four decades, according to the country’s meteorological agency AEMET, temperatures in the hottest areas of the country...
