Spain battles to contain one of its deadliest wildfires as at least 12 killed
Spain battles to contain one of its deadliest wildfires as at least 12 killed - Published Emergency services in south-eastern Spain are working to contain...
Key points
- Spain battles to contain one of its deadliest wildfires as at least 12 killed - Published Emergency services in south-eastern Spain are working to contain pockets of fire after one of the country's worst ever wildfires.
- Hundreds of firefighters and other specialists have been deployed around the village of Bedar where 12 people have been killed - among them four Britons, according to Spanish authorities.
- Local officials in the Los Gallardos area of Almería have warned the number of dead could rise, with fears that more Britons are among those killed.
- Sanz said the rapid fire had been complex and the majority or even all of the victims may have been foreign nationals.
What happened
Spain battles to contain one of its deadliest wildfires as at least 12 killed - Published Emergency services in south-eastern Spain are working to contain pockets of fire after one of the country's worst ever wildfires. Hundreds of firefighters and other specialists have been deployed around the village of Bedar where 12 people have been killed - among them four Britons, according to Spanish authorities. Local officials in the Los Gallardos area of Almería have warned the number of dead could rise, with fears that more Britons are among those killed. Sanz said the rapid fire had been complex and the majority or even all of the victims may have been foreign nationals. With at least 12 people dead, this is already among the deadliest wildfires in Spanish history. In 1984, 20 people died in a fire on the Canary Island of La Gomera, while in 1979, 21 people, including nine children, died in a forest fire near Lloret de Mar in north-eastern Spain.