Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleSeven British nationals have been confirmed among the 13 fatalities in the devastating wildfires in southern Spain, as announced by the Guardia Civil in Almeria. The total death toll from the fires includes three Belgian people, an American, a French national, and a Spanish national, in addition to the British victims. Among the British dead was a 93-year-old woman who passed away on Sunday after being hospitalised on Friday with burns covering about 20 per cent of her body. The bodies of four other British victims were discovered inside a burnt-out car, contributing to the confirmed fatalities from the widespread blazes. Two British hikers were found alive but badly burned, suffering 40 per cent burns, after being discovered by Civil Guard officers who returned to an area they had previously searched. In fullSeven British nationals confirmed dead in devastating Spanish wildfiresMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

Pair airlifted to hospital in two-hour rescue operation after Guardia Civil searched area for survivors

In Spain, civil guard officers searching for survivors of a deadly wildfire in the Almeria region have told how they discovered a British couple in a critical condition in a…

At least 12 people have died and 23 are missing after horror wildfires in Spain swept through the south-east of the country last week, with at least four victims believed to be…

The woman was admitted to Torrecardenas University Hospital in Almería in the early hours of Friday morning with 20 per cent burns across her body.

Spain's forensic services data unit, the CID, said on Sunday night that two more people had been reported missing after it started working with authorities in France, Britain and…

The 93-year-old British woman was taken to hospital on Friday after the devastating wildfire swept through the province of Almeria and the village of Bedar which was home to many…

Pictures show the gutted and charred vehicle four British nationals are believed to have died in, after they were trapped by flames as they tried to evacuate the area.

Almería (dpa) - Die Zahl der Todesopfer des verheerenden Waldbrandes im Süden Spaniens hat sich auf 13 erhöht. Eine 93 Jahre alte Britin mit mehreren Vorerkrankungen sei im…

Three Britons and one national each from France, Belgium and Spain are among the 13 victims of one of the deadliest Spanish wildfires in recent times, authorities said on Monday.

Three Britons and one national each from France, Belgium and Spain are among the 13 victims of one of the deadliest Spanish wildfires in recent times, authorities said on Monday…

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez visited the scene of one of Spain's deadliest wildfires in recent history, which has claimed 13 lives and razed a huge area in the southeastern…

Three British citizens, one French woman, one Belgian and one Spaniard are the first of the 13 identified victims of the massive fire near Almeria in Andalusia, southern Spain.…

Authorities said the number of missing people remains uncertain until autopsies and the identification of bodies are completed.

Twelve of the 13 victims of a deadly wildfire that swept through Andalusia in southern Spain were foreign nationals, the authorities said on Tuesday after completing post-mortem…

Twelve of the 13 victims of a deadly wildfire that swept through Andalusia in southern Spain were foreign nationals, the authorities said on Tuesday after completing post-mortem…

Flames fanned by high winds ripped through forests and scrubland made tinderbox dry by extreme high temperatures, turning picturesque rural settlements into ghost towns.…

Twelve of the 13 victims of a deadly wildfire that swept through Andalusia in southern Spain were foreign nationals, the authorities said on Tuesday after completing post-mortem…

Annette Kilgore, a former contestant who appeared on the Channel 4 reality show 'A Place in the Sun', is feared to be among the Brits who died in the wildfire.

Seven British nationals were among the 13 people killed in the devastating wildfires that tore through southern Spain's Almería province, Spanish authorities confirmed on Tuesday…

A 93-year-old woman is among the dead