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Huge wildfires stabilising in Spain, cooler forecast fuels hope worst is over

By Nacho Doce and Guillermo Martinez GONDULFES, Spain (Reuters) -Wildfires raging in northern and western Spain have burned ...

Spain wildfires: decades of rural decline made the blazes worse, but robust local economies can prevent further destruction – here’s how

The key to preventing forest fires is creating a rural economy based on the use of forests. While this would generate ...
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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 ...

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 ...
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Record Spanish wildfires close part of Camino de Santiago route

Spain's worst wave of wildfires on record spread to the southern slopes of the Picos de Europa mountains on Monday (Aug 18) ...

Wildfires reach southern slopes of Spain's Picos de Europa mountains

Spain's worst wave of wildfires on record spread to the southern slopes of the Picos de Europa mountains on Monday and ...

‘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’s Sanchez Calls for National Climate Pact as Fires Rage

Spain’s Pedro Sanchez called for a nationwide pact uniting all levels of government to combat what he called an accelerating ...