Spain adds 500 more troops to battle wildfires
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The Spanish government will declare the areas affected by the deadly wildfires that have ravaged much of its northern Galicia province as disaster zones.View on euronews
RAGING wildfires are reportedly out of control in Spain – with thousands evacuated and 500 troops deployed across holiday hotspots. Terrifying infernos spread across Galicia, Extremadura,
GONDULFES, Spain (Reuters) -Wildfires raging in northern and western Spain have burned through nearly the same area in the past 24 hours as in all of last year, although the end of a 16-day heatwave and expected rainfall have fanned hopes that an end may be in sight.
Some 216,000 hectares of land has burned in Portugal and two firefighters have died, while deadly wildfires have ravaged 348,000 hectares in Spain, bringing the death toll up to four.