As flames raced toward the Spanish village of Bedar, Manoli Ramos received a desperate order from the mayor: run to the church and ring the bells to warn residents of the danger closing in.

Twelve people were killed in a wildfire in Almeria in southern Spain, with 150 firefighters working to put out the blaze, the Emergency Agency of Andalucía said early on Friday.…

About 400 firefighters and troops battled the inferno northeast of Almeria, which witnesses said may have been sparked by a fallen power line that set scrubland on fire.