Malcolm Timbrell, 70, lived in the village of Bédar, in Almeria province, with his wife Annette Kilgore before it was destroyed by an aggressive blaze last Thursday evening, leaving at least 13 people dead.

One British man said he barely escaped the neighbourhood by using back roads to get out

The blaze broke out late on Thursday in a semi-arid area near the Sierra de Los Filabres mountains in Almería province and has killed at least 12 people.