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Spain battles 14 major fires with more expected

VILLANUEVA DE LA SIERRA, Spain, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Spain battled 14 major fires driven by high winds and aggravated by heat ...
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Spain, Portugal, and Greece battle wildfires as heatwave is expected to last for days

A heatwave with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius, or 104 Fahrenheit, on several days this month was expected to last ...
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Fires keep burning in western Spain as army is deployed

MADRID - As Spain enters its third week of heatwave alerts, firefighters continue to battle blazes in the northwest and west ...
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At least 16 major forest fires raging in Spain

Firefighters in Spain continued to battle major forest fires in at least 16 locations on Friday, as the country reels from ...

Spain, Portugal, Greece fight wildfires

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

Wildfire near Madrid kills one as fires burn across Spain

The fire was brought under control overnight, after a blaze in the Tres Cantos area killed one person and prompted ...

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

Fire crews in Greece, Spain, and Portugal are racing to contain wildfires. Calmer winds on Thursday have helped slow the ...

EU sending assistance for Spain wildfires

The European Union has sent two planes to assist Spain in taking care of wildfires, after Spain activated the EU Civil ...

Police in Spain arrest four people over new forest fires, taking summer total to 30

Three were arrested in a region where two volunteers died fighting the flames. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Spain battles 14 major fires with 'unfavourable conditions' expected to fuel more

By Michael Francis Gore, Charlie Devereux and Ana Cantero VILLANUEVA DE LA SIERRA, Spain (Reuters) -Spain battled 14 major ...