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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 ...
Majorca Daily Bulletin1h

Spain forest fires have claimed the area the size of Mallorca

It also exceeds the area burned in 2023 - 91,220 hectares in 371 fires - and far exceeds the figures recorded in 2022, until ...

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 ...
Al Arabiya English6h

Wildfires scorch 30,000 more hectares in Spain

Raging wildfires tore through an additional 30,000 hectares (74,000 acres) of western Spain in less than 24 hours, satellite ...

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 ...

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

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

Spain wildfire death toll rises to 4 & six horrifically burned as fires enter NINTH day and 2k soldiers battle inferno

FOUR people have died in Spain as ferocious wildfires continue to burn into their ninth day. More than 40 fires are still ...