Spanish firefighters battle wildfires as the country faces its worst year for blazes, highlighting climate change impacts.
Spain has almost beaten back wildfires that have swept across the country this month, killing four people and ravaging huge swathes of land, the head of its civil protection and emergencies service said Saturday (August 23, 2025).
"There are fewer of them, and the end is a lot nearer," the official, Virginia Barcones, told state television network TVE.
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