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Spain's wildfires disrupt Camino de Santiago route, spread to mountains

Spain's worst wave of wildfires in at least two decades spread to the southern slopes of the Picos de Europa mountain range ...
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Spain faces its worst wildfire season in 30 years, with 40 active blazes and more than 30,000 evacuated

The Copernicus satellite monitoring system estimates that 350,000 hectares of land have been affected by fires this year ...
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Wildfires ravage Spain and Portugal as Europe suffers devastating fire season

This year is turning into one of the worst fire seasons in recent memory in Europe. Firefighters are struggling to contain ...

‘Like a hurricane’: Spain, Portugal battle wildfires as death toll mounts

More than 343,000 hectares of land – the equivalent of nearly half a million football pitches – destroyed this year in Spain, ...
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Spain on fire: third week of heatwave and devastating fires

Spain continues to face a critical situation, already entering its third week of heatwave alert, while wildfires are ...

Spain deploys 500 more troops to battle wildfires during extended heat wave

Spain is deploying 500 more soldiers to help battle wildfires that have ravaged parched woodlands during a prolonged heat ...

Spain arrests alleged arsonist linked to wildfire as second firefighter dies

A second volunteer firefighter has died after battling a wildfire in the northern Spanish province of Leon, while police ...

Wildfires trigger record calls on EU forces as Spain battles blazes

Wildfires have triggered the largest ever deployment of the EU firefighting force, Spain’s prime minister said, as the country prepares to battle blazes tearing across several regions in the days ...