Spain declares national emergency over wildfires near Madrid and in Avila
More than 10,000 people were evacuated as the Interior Ministry took charge of firefighting and sought European Union air support.
- Spain declared a national emergency for wildfires near Madrid and Ávila, allowing military emergency units to coordinate firefighting efforts.
- Over 10,000 people were evacuated in the Madrid and Ávila regions due to rapidly spreading wildfires.
- The wildfire in Guadalajara province destroyed 32,000 hectares, contributing to over 125,000 hectares burned across Spain this year.
- Both Spain and France requested assistance from the European Union to combat wildfires, with multiple countries sending firefighting reinforcements.
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Spain fights to 'save lives' as wildfire evacuees shelter in Madrid
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Saturday firefighters were working to "save lives" in the blazes raging west of Madrid, as authorities said a separate fire in the east killed one person.
The impressive images, taken from the cabin of a fire truck, show firefighters crossing a fire front in the Community of Madrid. Between smoke and flames enveloping the street, one of them says: "If we stop we are in trouble." Spain declared the state of national emergency for the vast fires that are hitting the regions of Madrid and Ávila, with thousands of people evacuated and tens of thousands of hectares already smoked.
The Ministry of the Interior declared during the night of Thursday to Friday the emergency of national interest in the Community of Madrid and in the province of Ávila (Castilla and León) due to the evolution of the forest fires in both regions. Previously, the Madrid president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, had requested “the declaration of the operational situation 3 of national interest for the gravity and simultaneity” of the fires. According to Interi…
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