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Spain adds 500 more troops to battle wildfires

Spain adds 500 more troops to battle wildfires as country bakes under extended heatwave

Spain is deploying an additional 500 soldiers to combat raging wildfires, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced on Sunday, as the country grapples with a prolonged period of scorching weather. The new deployment adds to the more than 1,

The Associated Press on MSN · 3h

Spain deploys 500 more troops to battle wildfires during extended heatwave

Spain is deploying 500 more soldiers to help battle wildfires that have ravaged parched woodlands during a prolonged heatwave, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said.

Financial Times · 1h

Wildfires trigger record calls on EU forces as Spain battles blazes

Wildfires have triggered the largest ever deployment of the European Union firefighting force, Spain’s prime minister said, as the country prepares to battle blazes tearing across several regions in the days ahead.

Wildfires rage in Spain and Portugal

The Irish Times · 1h

Iberian wildfires: Spain fighting to control 20 fires while eight blazes rage in Portugal

Southern Europe is experiencing one of its worst wildfire seasons in 20 years, with Spain among the hardest-hit countries. In the past week alone, fires there have claimed three lives and burned more than 115,000 hectares, while neighbouring Portugal also battles widespread blazes.

SFGATE · 2d

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 blazes. Southern Europe remains at high risk due to hot, dry

BBC · 20h

Wildfires rage in Spain and Portugal as heatwave continues

A heatwave has scorched swathes of southern Europe this week, prompting wildfires in Spain, Portugal, Greece, France and the Balkans.

21hon MSN

European Commission intervenes as wildfires kill at least 7 in Spain

The European Commission is deploying firefighting aircraft to Spain, where at least seven have died as 14 wildfires have ...

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‘We’re being cooked alive:’ Europe burns as temperatures soar above 100 degrees

Europe is on track for its worst wildfire season on record as swaths of the continent – including France, Spain, Albania, ...

3don MSN

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 ...

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 ...

Courthouse News Service2d

Europe braces for more fire danger amid mass evacuations

Europe’s wildfire crisis intensified as blazes across Greece, Spain, France and Portugal forced thousands to from their homes ...

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Spain is passing on the F-35, looking instead at European fighters as anxiety over Trump has had US allies rethinking the jet

Spain said it would not go with the US-made F-35 and would instead look at options like Europe's Eurofighter and FCAS.

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