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Wildfires in Spain and Portugal force evacuations and deployment of thousands of emergency personnel

A heatwave is continuing to affect the Iberian Peninsula. Thousands of firefighters have been deployed to battle ongoing ...

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

Spain has sent 500 more troops to fight raging wildfires, bringing the total deployed to 1,900, as the death toll from the ...
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‘Flames that consumed the hills’: Portugal, Spain reel from wildfires

Emergency services are under strain due to the ‘worst’ fires in Portugal in years, Al Jazeera’s Sonia Gallego says.
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Wildfires ravage Spain and Portugal as Europe suffers devastating fire season

This year is turning into one of the worst fire seasons in recent memory in Europe. Firefighters are struggling to contain ...

Spain, Portugal, and Greece battle wildfires as heat wave is expected to last for days

Firefighters in Spain, Portugal and Greece battled ongoing wildfires Friday, an important religious holiday in all three ...

Wildfires rage in Spain and Portugal as neighboring countries send aid

Wildfires have ravaged more than 450,000 hectares of land across the Iberian peninsula since the start of the year, setting ...

‘Like a hurricane’: Spain, Portugal battle wildfires as death toll mounts

More than 343,000 hectares of land – the equivalent of nearly half a million football pitches – destroyed this year in Spain, ...

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

Up to 20 major wildfires are burning in total, the majority in Spain's northwestern region of Galicia, while there are ...