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Spain wildfires: decades of rural decline made the blazes worse, but robust local economies can prevent further destruction – here’s how

The key to preventing forest fires is creating a rural economy based on the use of forests. While this would generate ...

Wildfires reach southern slopes of Spain's Picos de Europa mountains

Spain's worst wave of wildfires on record spread to the southern slopes of the Picos de Europa mountains on Monday and ...

Wildfires scorch 30,000 more hectares in Spain

Authorities have evacuated thousands of residents from dozens of villages. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Spain and Portugal fires kill two more as Spanish troops battle blazes

Spain has sent 500 more troops to fight raging wildfires, bringing the total deployed to 1,900, as the death toll from the ...

Spain deploys 500 more troops to battle wildfires during extended heatwave

Spain is deploying a further 500 soldiers to battle wildfires that have torn through parched woodland during a prolonged ...

Wildfires in Spain and Portugal force evacuations and deployment of thousands of emergency personnel

A heatwave is continuing to affect the Iberian Peninsula. Thousands of firefighters have been deployed to battle ongoing ...
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Spain and Portugal battle wildfires as death toll mounts

Thousands of firefighters backed by the military and water-bombing aircraft on Monday battled dozens of wildfires across ...

Harrowing moment Portuguese pensioner is dragged away as she watches her house burn in ferocious wildfires - as deadly blazes rage on in Iberian peninsular

Some 216,000 hectares of land has burned in Portugal and two firefighters have died, while deadly wildfires have ...

Heat wave hampers fight against wildfires in Spain, Portugal, Greece

Firefighters in Spain, Portugal and Greece battled ongoing wildfires Friday, an important religious holiday in all three ...

Fires keep burning in western Spain as army is deployed

Madrid (AFP) — As Spain enters its third week of heatwave alerts, firefighters continue to battle blazes in the northwest and ...

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 ...