A deadly wildfire that has killed at least 12 people in Spain's Almería province has stabilised, local authorities have said.
Since Saturday afternoon, calmer weather conditions, including lower winds and higher humidity, have helped firefighting crews as they have worked to bring the blaze under control, allowing them to secure much of the fire's perimeter.
"Good news. After some very tough days," fire crews have declared the fire to be stabilised, Juan Manuel Moreno, the head of the regional government of Andalusia, wrote in a post on X.
"The fire has been contained and its perimeter secured," he continued, adding: "We are therefore downgrading the alert to operational level 1, and the 1,000 people who had been evacuated are authorised to return home gradually."
The blaze is thought to have burned around 7,000 hectares across the area.
