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A man dies in a forest fire near Madrid – Spain: man dies forest fire
The Iberian country “deplores” the death of an injured person during the Forest Fire of Tres Cantos. Consequently, a town 25 km from the Spanish capital.
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The Spanish firefighters are fighting against a spain: man dies forest fire forest fire near Madrid. Moreover, (Illustration photo)
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A man died In a forest fire near Madrid. For example, local authorities announced on Tuesday, the first victim of the many fires that affect Spain in full heat wave and forced thousands of people to evacuate.
“I deeply deplore the death of the man who had been seriously injured during the Forest of very cantos forest”. Similarly, a town 25 km from the center of Madrid, wrote on X Isabel Díaz Ayuso, spain: man dies forest fire president of the Madrid community. Consequently,
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The deceased man had undergone serious burns on almost the whole body, had previously announced the local authorities.
Hundreds of inhabitants have been evacuated and one of them suffers from “chest pain”, according to the authorities. “In barely 40 minutes. the fire increased by six kilometers,” said at night at the Carlos Novillo press, environment advisor in the Madrid region.
“The fire was circumscribed”
As of Tuesday morning. the Madrid regional authorities indicated on X spain: man dies forest fire that the fight against the fire had “evolved favorably during the night” and that “The fire was circumscribed”.
But the beaches of Tarifa. in Andalusia, were again threatened by the flames coming from the forests of the neighboring mountains, forcing to quickly evacuate thousands of tourists.
These two new fires are added to dozens of others who touch Spain on Tuesday. who forced thousands of people to leave their homes.
This series of fires coincides with the heat wave that entered its tenth day on Tuesday with all regions on alert. including those in the North. Maximum temperatures are 40 degrees and night temperatures do not descend below 25.
“We managed to save the dwellings”
On the beaches of the Tarifa region. spain: man dies forest fire in the province of Cadiz, around 2,000 people were urgently evacuated on Monday hotels and dwellings, as had already happened a week ago in another fire.
“We managed to save the homes” from the fire “at the last second”. told the press Antonio Sanz, advisor inside Andalusia.
“We obviously experienced extremely dangerous moments. because the flames reached the entrance to the subdivisions”, but the evacuation took place “in record time,” he said, adding that a civil guard agent participated in the evacuation was injured after being overthrown by a car.
The Castille-et-León region, in the northwest, is also affected by fires. “Today we work on 32 forest fires in Castille-et-León. many of which are simultaneous,” said the authorities of the largest region of Spain.
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