Four Britons are believed to be among at least 11 people killed in a wildfire in southern Spain, one of the country’s deadliest on record.
At least eight other people have been injured and 23 are missing in the fire, which 150 firefighters and 220 soldiers from Spain’s military emergency unit continue to fight.
Authorities had reported that 12 people were dead, but revised the figures this morning. Andalusia’s regional leader, Juan Manuel Moreno, told the Cadena Ser radio station that 19 people were unaccounted for.
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The fire broke out in a hamlet in a semi-arid area near the Sierra de Los Filabres mountains. Authorities have not confirmed the cause of the fire, but said people who called to report it said that a fallen power line had sparked a fire that spread rapidly into a nearby forest.
