Two extra useless as Spanish troops battle blazes

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Spain has despatched 500 extra troops to struggle raging wildfires, bringing the overall deployed to 1,900, because the loss of life toll from the blazes has risen to 4.

On Sunday, a firefighter died after an accident throughout firefighting efforts when his truck fell down a steep hill, the Castile and León regional authorities stated.

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez expressed "unhappiness" and "desolation" on X on the newest loss of life.

In neighbouring Portugal, the place fires are additionally blazing, one other firefighter was killed on Sunday in a "tragic" visitors accident, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa stated.

Fires have additionally damaged out in Greece, France, Turkey and the Balkans as a heatwave has scorched swathes of southern Europe.

A number of massive fires are nonetheless burning within the northwest and west of Spain, the place 27,000 residents are presently evacuated from their houses.

Castile and León is essentially the most affected space, with native media station Radio 5 reporting on Monday that the air is "unbreathable" as a result of smoke.

A fireplace within the western province of Cáceres can also be nonetheless uncontrolled and has burned 11,000 hectares (27,181 acres).

Twelve fires are burning within the north-west area of Galicia, most within the province of Ourense, with the biggest having burned 17,500 hectares.

Fires on Sunday left no less than 5 folks injured in Castile and León, with 4 of them in vital situation.

Final week, two volunteers died preventing fires in Leon. One other man died in Tres Cantos, close to Madrid, after a hearth broke out.

This 12 months alone, about 343,000 hectares have burned throughout Spain, in accordance with the European Forest Fireplace Info System (EFFIS) - near double the quantity from the earlier 12 months.

Over the weekend, Spain's Civil Guard stated they've proposed "sanctions" on 4 folks for finishing up unauthorised burns in A Coruña within the Galicia area.

Inflicting a wildfire is a legal offence in Spain, even when unintended.

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Neighbouring Portugal has additionally needed to deal with wildfires since late July, with the north and centre of the nation hit the toughest.

President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa conveyed his "deepest sympathies" to the bereaved household of the firefighter killed in an accident on Sunday. Two different firefighters had been additionally injured.

In 2025, the EFFIS reported that Portugal's wildfires had burned about 216,000 hectares of land.

Spain and Portugal have activated the European Civil Safety Mechanism, underneath which nations can request emergency help.

Firefighters from different nations have been despatched to struggle the fires in Spain, and each nations can be receiving two fire-fighting planes.

Wildfires are a standard prevalence throughout southern Europe in the summertime, however their severity can typically be exacerbated by heatwave circumstances.