Some 700 people have been evacuated from four small towns in western Spain owing to a wildfire fanned by strong winds
According to the European Union’s Copernicus satellite observation service, Spain accounted for 35% of all burnt land in European wildfires last year. / Photo: Reuters
More than 400 firefighters, including 50 agents from the army’s Military Emergency Unit, are battling to bring the fire under control in Las Hurdes, a hilly area west of Madrid, officials said on Friday.
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