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Sánchez unveils Spain’s largest anti-wildfire operation after devastating 2025 fires

News Desk21st May 202625th May 2026

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Thursday unveiled what he described as the country’s most extensive-ever campaign to combat forest fires, following last year’s devastating...

Study finds climate change made Spain’s wildfires 40 times more likely

News Desk4th September 20259th September 2025

4th September 20259th September 20256252

Unusually hot, arid and windy weather that drove one of the worst wildfire seasons ever documented on the Iberian Peninsula was made 40 times more...

Spanish PM admits wildfire prevention plans are ‘clearly insufficient’

News Desk2nd September 20258th September 2025

2nd September 20258th September 20253427

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez acknowledged on Monday that Spain’s readiness for this summer’s devastating wildfires – which consumed more land than in any other year...

Climate activists hurl paint at Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia over wildfires

News Desk1st September 20258th September 2025

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Climate activists splashed red and black paint across Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia on Sunday to protest the summer wildfires that have scorched parts of Spain, the...

Spanish government categorises wildfire-hit areas as ‘disaster zones’

News Desk26th August 20252nd September 2025

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The Spanish government on Tuesday categorised the recent wildfires sweeping the country as among its most serious environmental crises in years and signed off on...

AEMET: recent heatwave in Spain ‘the most intense since records began’

News Desk24th August 202527th August 2025

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Spain’s 16-day heatwave earlier this month was ‘the most intense on record’, the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) said on Sunday. In a post on social...

Spain’s wildfires almost all under control, but ‘final effort’ still required

News Desk23rd August 202527th August 2025

23rd August 202527th August 20253436

Spain is close to bringing under control the devastating wildfires that have raged across the country this month, claiming four lives and burning vast areas...

Pedro Sánchez promises financial aid for reconstruction of areas hit by wildfires

News Desk20th August 202525th August 2025

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Despite a slight drop in temperatures across Spain, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez cautioned on Tuesday that the country still faces ‘difficult hours’ in its ongoing...

Wildfires in Spain this year confirmed as most destructive in country’s history

News Desk19th August 202525th August 2025

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Wildfires tearing through Spain have scorched an area the size of nearly 500,000 football pitches this year, breaking the country’s record for August, according to...

Death toll from wildfires now four, as another firefighter dies after truck overturns

News Desk18th August 202520th August 2025

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A firefighter died and another was injured when their fire engine overturned in Castilla y León, authorities confirmed on Monday, bringing the total death toll...

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