Hundreds return home as deadly Spain wildfire nears control
A deadly wildfire in southern Spain, suspected to be sparked by a power line fall during a heatwave, has been largely contained, allowing 1,800 evacuees to return home.
- A wildfire that killed at least 12 people in southern Spain was nearing control on Sunday, allowing hundreds of evacuated residents to return home as firefighters stabilized the blaze in Almería province.
- Justice Minister Felix Bolanos said Saturday that crews utilized favorable wind and humidity conditions to mount a direct assault on the fire, preventing further advances across the 6,600 hectares of burned terrain.
- Regional emergency chief Antonio Sanz noted that about 600 of the nearly 1,500 evacuated residents had returned home, while The Civil Guard entered more than 250 homes to verify no one remained inside.
- "The attack carried out today and the stabilisation of much of the perimeter have made it possible to adopt these measures," Antonio Sanz said, noting authorities are moving toward a return to normality.
- Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is scheduled to visit the devastated area on Monday, as authorities continue to monitor hotspots and finalize the search for any remaining missing victims.
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Stefan Broods hugs his wife Isabelle Wayn. The Belgian couple has before them a mountain so black that it shines with the sun. These are now the views of his home, on the outskirts of Bédar (Almería), the town most affected by the fire of Los Gallardos and to which they have not been able to return until this Sunday. The landscape of the town center is not much more hopeful. An English woman sweeps ash on the porch of her white house and her gra…
Evacuees allowed to return home after deadly wildfire in Spain stabilizes
Around 600 people who evacuated from the fire zone in Spain's Almeria province returned home late on Saturday, while the remaining 1,000 evacuees will now be able to do the same in stages, head of the regional government of Andalusia, Juan Manuel Moreno, told reporters on Sunday. The wildfire has killed at least 13.
Spain wildfire: Firefighters gain ground as Almería evacuees return home
Firefighters gained the upper hand on the deadly Almería wildfire after days of battling the flames, as the blaze that killed 12 people and burned 66 square kilometres began to ease, allowing some of the nearly 1,500 evacuees to return home.
In this area of the Andalusian province of Almeria, a few kilometers from the tourist Mediterranean coast, you can still see the calcined bodies of the cars reached by this frantic fire that came to advance 100 meters per minute.
After three days without knowing anything about their animals or their homes, the inhabitants of Bédar receive permission to return. "We have four cats in the car and six more waiting at home without water or food"In the zero zone of the tragedy of Almería: "We have not yet located some friends, we fear the worst" Thus we have told you the fire of Almería minute by minute Eight kilometers separate the populations of Bédar and Los Gallardos, but …
Following the stabilization of the fire in Andalusia, some 1,500 people began to return to their homes, while the identification of victims and the search for missing persons continued.
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