Turre, Spain: Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday visited the scene of one of Spain’s deadliest wildfires in recent history, which has claimed 13 lives and razed a huge area. The wildfire that broke out on Thursday has transformed picturesque rural settlements into ghost towns and left a trail of destruction in Almeria province, home to many foreign residents near the Mediterranean coast. About 7,000 hectares (17,300 acres) of forest and scrub land has been scorched.

Wildfires in southern Spain killed as many as a dozen people with 19 unaccounted for, officials said as they fought to bring the flames under control.

Several victims of the fire in the southern province of Almeria, a popular holiday destination, were found inside burnt-out vehicles and were thought to have died while trying to…