Soldier dies and three injured in accident during battle against major Aragón wildfire
A member of Spain’s Military Emergencies Unit (UME) has died and three others have been injured after their fire engine overturned and plunged into a...
Military Emergencies Unit (UME)
Spain evacuates remains of medieval kings as wildfire threatens historic Aragón monastery
The remains of the first kings of Aragón have been removed from one of Spain’s most important medieval monasteries after an advancing wildfire came dangerously...
Wildfire emergency deepens as royals visit evacuees and new Valencia blaze forces thousands to flee
Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia visited evacuees from the country’s devastating wildfires on Sunday, praising the ‘exemplary coordination’ of the emergency response as...
Spain declares first national wildfire emergency as blazes rage, while France battles mass evacuations
Spain has declared a national emergency for the first time in response to wildfires after a series of rapidly spreading blazes around Madrid and th...
Spain faces escalating wildfire crisis as Sánchez warns climate emergency cannot be ignored
Spain’s largest wildfire of the year has now burned more than 32,000 hectares in the central province of Guadalajara (Castilla-La Mancha), becoming one of the biggest blazes...
More than 12,000 hectares destroyed as Aragón faces escalating wildfire crisis
A wildfire that has been burning across northeastern Spain for the past two days has grown into one of the Aragón region’s largest and most...
Sánchez praises firefighters and calls for climate action as identification of wildfire victims begins
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited the scene of one of Spain’s deadliest wildfires in recent history on Monday, calling for a national commitment to...
At least 12 dead as devastating wildfire tears through southern Spain during heatwave
LATEST: Almeria wildfire stabilised as investigators work to identify victims and missing. A devastating wildfire that swept through a hamlet in southern Spain has killed...
Firefighters contain much of Costa Brava wildfire after tourists evacuated and thousands confined
Update: On Sunday the regional Catalan government lifted the lockdown that had confined 12,000 residents to their homes as firefighters contained the blaze that had...
Spain joins international relief effort after devastating Venezuela earthquakes
Spain has joined a growing list of countries offering assistance to Venezuela after two powerful earthquakes devastated parts of the South American nation, with Prime...
