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Spain Warns of 'Extreme Fire Danger' Amid Heat Wave
Spain has lost over 157,000 hectares this year, with military reinforcements and French water-bombers deployed to combat multiple wildfires amid ongoing risk.
- On Friday, Spain issued alerts for severe fire risks across much of the country as wildfires have burned around 580 square miles of land and resulted in seven fatalities.
- The ongoing heatwave since early August, combined with dry weather, has intensified the wildfires, prompting Spain to become the fifth nation this year to request aid through the European Union’s emergency response system.
- Firefighters battled 14 active blazes, with major closures affecting highways and the Madrid-Galicia rail line while emergency military units reinforced efforts and France contributed two water-bombers.
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez posted on X that the day ahead is expected to be particularly challenging due to a high likelihood of additional wildfires, and he expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the firefighters working on the front lines.
- The ongoing crisis underscores heightened wildfire risks in Spain and has prompted political disputes over resources, suggesting continued challenges during the forecasted weekend heatwave.
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All of Spain was on alert by the heat wave this Friday, with a high risk of more fires.In Portugal, the situation is also serious, with hot spots active since the beginning of the month.
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Spain on heat alert and 'very high to extreme' fire risk
MADRID: All of Spain was on a heatwave alert on Friday (Aug 15), while the weather agency warned that much of the country was at "very high to extreme risk" from wildfires. Nearly two weeks of high temperatures have left Spain sweltering, and on Friday spread to Cantabria, which has so far been spared from
For the 13th day in a row, Spain is plagued by a suffocating heat wave, which even reaches a previously spared northern region. The front of the many fires that ravage the country is still active, and the government warns against the "extreme risk" of new fire departures. The disasters have already caused three deaths since the beginning of the week, including two volunteers trying to extinguish the flames. - Heat in Spain: risk of fire "very hi…
"Today will be another very difficult day, with an extreme risk of new fires," Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez wrote on the social network X on Friday morning. The European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) said that 1,580 square kilometers of land have already burned in Spain this year, which is more than three times the area of Prague. The heat wave, with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius several times, has been ongoing in th…
The August bridge begins with Spain immersed in a long heat wave that will take the thermometers this Friday to 43 degrees in Badajoz and that will be especially felt in the Cantabrian area, where during the day there will be a very intense peak of up to 40 degrees. The increase of stability and the high sunstroke, typical of these dates, translates into a new surge of temperatures, with very high thermal values and that during the weekend could…
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