Spain continues to battle wildfires during one of the most severe fire seasons in decades, despite temperatures dropping across the Iberian Peninsula.
Thousands of firefighters, aided by soldiers and water-dropping aircraft, have been tackling the fires that swept through dry forests, with the most severe outbreaks in northwestern Spain. The National Meteorological Agency reported that the fire risk remains “very high or at its maximum,” particularly in the Galicia region.
In Galicia, the fires affected small, sparsely populated towns, forcing residents in many cases to intervene themselves before firefighting teams arrived.
Earlier, Spain’s Interior Ministry announced that firefighting units from Germany had arrived in the north to assist, noting that more than 20 vehicles were deployed to help extinguish an ongoing fire in the town of Jara in the Extremadura region, near the Portuguese border.
Thousands of firefighters, aided by soldiers and water-dropping aircraft, have been tackling the fires that swept through dry forests, with the most severe outbreaks in northwestern Spain. The National Meteorological Agency reported that the fire risk remains “very high or at its maximum,” particularly in the Galicia region.
In Galicia, the fires affected small, sparsely populated towns, forcing residents in many cases to intervene themselves before firefighting teams arrived.
Earlier, Spain’s Interior Ministry announced that firefighting units from Germany had arrived in the north to assist, noting that more than 20 vehicles were deployed to help extinguish an ongoing fire in the town of Jara in the Extremadura region, near the Portuguese border.
