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

News Desk10th July 202612th July 2026

10th July 202612th July 20261546

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

3rd July 20266th July 20263498

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...

Heatwave crisis deepens across Europe with Spain among hardest hit

News Desk23rd June 202628th June 2026

23rd June 202628th June 20262813

Spain remained at the centre of a severe European heatwave on Tuesday, with much of the country enduring temperatures above 40C and meteorologists warning that...

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

News Desk21st May 202625th May 2026

21st May 202625th May 20261348

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 20256525

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 20253580

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

1st September 20258th September 20253501

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

26th August 20252nd September 20253753

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

24th August 202527th August 20255039

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 20253577

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...

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