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Spain’s Wildfire Emergency Lifeline: Fires finally stabilise as cooler weather arrives

Cooler air and rising humidity may give Spain’s scorched regions a reprieve, but the scale of devastation underscores a hotter political and climatic reality.

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Huge wildfires stabilising in Spain, cooler forecast fuels hope worst is over

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Cooler Weather Eases Wildfire Risks Across Spain and Portugal

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Stark warning issued following wildfires across Spain

Spain is experiencing one of its most destructive fire seasons in decades, with wildfire carbon emissions in the first two weeks of August reaching the highest levels in at least 23 years.

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Spanish farmers step in as first responders to fight remote wildfires

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Spain battles worst wildfire season in decades as blazes rage across the country

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Winds complicate wildfire battle in Spain

Nearly 400,000 hectares (988,000 acres) have burned in Spain this year, according to the European Forest Fire Information System.

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Spain battles record wildfires even as temperatures begin to fall

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Spanish PM says 'difficult hours remain' in wildfire fight

Spain battles record fires even

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Spain battles one of its most destructive fire seasons even as its heat wave eases

Spain tackled several major wildfires on Tuesday in one of the country's most destructive fire seasons in recent decades, despite temperatures dropping across the Iberian Peninsula.

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Spain battles record fires even as end of heatwave brings lower temperatures

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Military firefighters battle overnight blazes across Spain

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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

This year’s have been especially harsh, with devastating fires thus far in Tarifa, Zamora, the Madrid area, Galicia and Extremadura, while the UNESCO-listed natural park of Las Médulas, in León, has ...

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

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‘Fires All Around’: Hundreds Evacuated Overnight in Northern Spain

Spain wildfires LIVE: Foreign Office's new advice amid 'very high' fire threat

Soldiers continue to help firefighters across Spain, including in and around the Galicia and Extremadura regions, following several major wildfires - and more are feared

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Spain and Portugal fires kill two more as Spanish troops battle blazes

In neighbouring Portugal, where fires are also blazing, another firefighter was killed on Sunday in a "tragic" traffic accident, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said. Fires have also broken out in Greece, France, Turkey and the Balkans as a heatwave has scorched swathes of southern Europe.

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Record area of land burnt as Spain battles worst fires in decades

Spain is seeing its most devastating forest fires in over 20 years, with 3,440 square kilometres of land destroyed by more than 220 fires so far this year, according to new EU estimates. The previous record registered by the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) was 3,

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Record area of land burned as Spain battles worst fires in decades

So far, sparsely populated areas have been hardest hit, but thousands of residents have already been evacuated.

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Spain battles 14 major fires with more expected

VILLANUEVA DE LA SIERRA, Spain, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Spain battled 14 major fires driven by high winds and aggravated by heat on Friday as authorities warned of "unfavourable conditions" to tackle flames that have already killed seven people and burned an area the size of London.

More Soldiers and European Firefighters Join Battle Against Blazes in Spain

France sent two teams of 100 firefighters, who were “currently arriving,” Virginia Barcones Sanz, the director general of civil protection and emergencies in Spain, told reporters on Monday. Germany is deploying a team of 66 firefighters with 21 vehicles, while Finland is sending 30 firefighters, she said.

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Four dead as wildfires rage in Spain and Europe

Spain's weather agency warned the public on Monday to be "cautious" of the "very high or extreme fire danger."

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Spain wildfires: Decades of rural decline made the blazes worse, but local economies can prevent further destruction

Every summer, forest fires sweep across Spain, dominating headlines and leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. This year's have been especially harsh, with devastating fires thus far in Tarifa,