Southern Spain wildfire worsens as wind gusts hamper firefighting efforts
Spain’s summer wildfire season has burned more than 244,000 hectares, with nearly 500 people evacuated from the main blaze area, officials said.
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As of August 11, 43 claims of more than 500 hectares have been recorded, compared with 24 in the same period of 2025.
The fires in Spain have already destroyed 226,391.64 hectares (ha) from January 1, 2026 until August 11, according to the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) on the basis of provisional data.In comparison, this data is 38.2% more than last year, when by these dates 140,000 hectares had been burned.A total of 43 large forest fires were recorded in 2026, of which more than 500 hectares were affected.24 In …
Southern Spain wildfire worsens as wind gusts hamper firefighting efforts
MADRID, Aug 10 (Reuters) - A large wildfire in southwestern Spain was burning beyond firefighters' ability to extinguish it on Monday, regional authorities said, as hot and windy weather fuelled other blazes raging across the country. With consecutive...
Spain has already recorded a total of 265,457 hectares (ha) burned between 1 January and 12 August 2026, according to data from the [...]
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