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EU sending wildfire help to Spain

EU sends wildfire help to Spain as death toll rises

The European Union has sent two firefighting planes to Spain to help battle raging wildfires, after the country activated the bloc's disaster assistance mechanism for the first time. The assistance comes as the country recorded a third wildfire-related death on Thursday morning.

UPI on MSN · 4h

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 Protection Mechanism for the first time ever for forest fires.

AFP on MSN · 9m

Spain suffers third wildfire death, Greece beats back flames

Spain on Thursday mourned its third wildfire death this week and Greece began beating back a blaze threatening its third-largest city as an unrelenting heatwave stoked tinderbox conditions in southern Europe.

Europe, Wildfires

Euronews on MSN · 3h

Thousands displaced in Greece, Spain and Portugal as wildfires continue to rage

At least three have been killed as the European Commission said requests to help tackle wildfires this week reached the same count as for the entirety of 2024. View on euronews

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Wildfires Kill at Least 3 and Displace Thousands Across Southern Europe

Wildfires intensified across southern Europe on Wednesday with a round-the-clock battle to protect the perimeter of Greece’s third-largest city and at least three deaths reported in Spain, Turkey and Albania.

The Financial Times · 23h

Wildfires spread dangerously close to southern European capitals

Wildfires have spread dangerously close to capital cities including Madrid, Athens and Podgorica in the past week, as data showed the number of blazes in Europe had jumped by nearly 50 per cent compared with last year.

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Spain arrests alleged arsonist linked to wildfires as a second firefighter dies

A second volunteer firefighter has died after battling a wildfire in the northern Spanish province of Leon, while police ...

5hon MSN

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 ...

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Wildfire chaos sweeps across Europe as Spain, Italy, France and Greece in flames

Wildfires have wreaked destruction over southern Europe this week, with thousands of residents forced to flee their homes.

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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 ...

Tragedy in Leon: Firefighters Battle Unprecedented Wildfires in Spain

Spain grapples with devastating wildfires as a second volunteer firefighter dies in the Leon province. Authorities arrested ...

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Video. Wildfires destroy thousands of hectares in Spain

Video. More than 9,000 hectares have been burned in wildfires across Spain’s Ourense province in Galicia, where residents ...

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'Cooked Alive': Europe's Wildfires Hit Tourism Spots and Forests

In Greece at Europe's southernmost tip, wildfires in some cases fanned by gale-force winds forced the evacuation of several ...

DPA International on MSN1d

Spain struggles to contain wildfires with heatwave set to persist

Spain is battling a series of devastating wildfires that have killed two people and destroyed thousands of hectares of forest ...

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