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Spain declares first national wildfire emergency as blazes rage, while France battles mass evacuations

News Desk24th July 202624th July 2026

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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

News Desk22nd July 202624th July 2026

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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...

Spain’s largest wildfire of 2026 spreads beyond 26,000 hectares as new heatwave fuels fears

News Desk20th July 202622nd July 2026

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Spain’s biggest wildfire of the year continued to burn out of control for a fifth consecutive day on Monday, destroying more than 26,000 hectares of...

More than 12,000 hectares destroyed as Aragón faces escalating wildfire crisis

News Desk17th July 202620th July 2026

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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...

Seven Britons among 13 wildfire victims as British Ambassador meets survivors in Almeria

News Desk15th July 202620th July 2026

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Twelve of the 13 people killed in the devastating wildfire that swept through Spain’s southeastern province of Almeria (Andalusia) were foreign nationals, authorities confirmed on...

Sánchez praises firefighters and calls for climate action as identification of wildfire victims begins

News Desk13th July 202620th July 2026

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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...

Death toll from Almeria wildfire reaches 13 after elderly British woman succumbs to her injuries

News Desk13th July 202615th July 2026

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A 93-year-old British woman has died from injuries sustained in the devastating wildfire that tore through the municipality of Los Gallardos in the Almeria province...

Almeria wildfire stabilised as investigators work to identify victims and missing

News Desk12th July 202613th July 2026

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LATEST: Death toll from Almeria wildfire reaches 13 after elderly British woman succumbs to her injuries. After several days of destruction and tragedy, the deadly...

At least 12 dead as devastating wildfire tears through southern Spain during heatwave

News Desk10th July 202612th July 2026

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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

News Desk3rd July 20266th July 2026

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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...

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