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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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‘Flames that consumed the hills’: Portugal, Spain reel from wildfires

Emergency services are under strain due to the ‘worst’ fires in Portugal in years, Al Jazeera’s Sonia Gallego says.

Wildfires rage in Spain and Portugal as neighboring countries send aid

Wildfires have ravaged more than 450,000 hectares of land across the Iberian peninsula since the start of the year, setting ...

Spain deploys another 500 soldiers to tackle wildfires - as part of Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route closed

Up to 20 major wildfires are burning in total, the majority in Spain's northwestern region of Galicia, while there are ...

Smoke from apocalyptic wildfires in Spain and Portugal causing overcast UK skies

Firefighters have been battling to put out blazes across southern Europe in one of the worst summers for wildfires in 20 ...