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How wildfires in Spain consumed ‘heroes’ who rushed to help

Spiridon was one of three people to die in Spain’s wildfires this week, each of them ordinary people who saw the flames and ...

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

Spain was fighting 14 major fires, according to Virginia Barcones, general director of emergency services. Temperatures were ...
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Portugal wildfires claim first victim, as Spain on wildfire alert

MADRID: Portugal suffered its first death Friday (Aug 15) from the fires raging there, as Spain's weather agency warned of a "very high to extreme risk" of more wildfires there during Europe's intense ...
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Spain counts third wildfire death as Greece gains ground against Patras blaze

Spain on Thursday mourned its third wildfire death this week and Greece began beating back a blaze threatening its ...

Greece, Spain and Portugal race to contain wildfires as EU steps up cross-border help

Fire crews in Greece, Spain and Portugal raced to contain wildfires on Thursday, taking advantage of calmer winds that slowed ...

Former mayor is killed trying to defend Portuguese town from wildfire inferno - as apocalyptic blazes rip through Europe, ravaging Spain and Greece turning them int…

The former mayor of a Portuguese town has died after trying to fight dramatic wildfires which have ravaged Europe ...

The day the sky burned: Apocalyptic scenes as European wildfires bathe countryside sickly orange, with blazes ravaging Portugal, Spain and Greece

One horrifying photo taken in the Sernancelhe district of Viseu, Portugal, shows a raging inferno and dark clouds of smoke ...
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Spanish authorities put number of active forest fires across the country with a high risk level at 16

A fire that started in the Galician town of A Mezquita spread to Castile and León on Thursday, forcing the evacuation of ...
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Portugal wildfires claim first victim; Spain, France on alert

MADRID: Portugal suffered its first death on Friday from the fires raging there, as Spain’s weather agency warned of a “very high to extreme risk” of more wildfires there during Europe’s intense ...