Two more dead as Spanish troops fight

Spain sent another 500 troops to fight rage -fire, brought the total amount to 1900, as the number of Blaze killed to four.

On Sunday, the fireman died after the accident during the fires when his truck fell down a steep hill, said the regional government of Castile and Leon.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez expressed “sadness” and “devastation” to x at the last death.

In the neighboring Portugal, where the fires are also burning, another firefighter was killed on Sunday, the “tragic” car accident, said President Marseille Rebata de Sus.

Fires also crashed in Greece, France, Turkey and the Balkans, as thermal wave burns southern Europe.

In the northwest and west of Spain, several large fires are still burning, where 27,000 residents are being evacuated from their homes.

Castile and Leon are the most affected area, on Monday, the local media station 5 reports that the air is “not distance” from the smoke.

Fire in the Western province of Caseres is also still out of control and burned 11,000 hectares (27 181 hectares).

Twelve fires are burning in the northwestern region of Galicia, most of all in the province of Sens, with the largest burned 17,500 hectares.

The fires left at least five people received in Castile and Leon on Sunday, with four of them in critical condition.

Last week, two volunteers died in Leon’s fighting fires. Another man died in the cantos, near Madrid, after the fire started.

About 343,000 hectares were burned across Spain this year, according to the European Forest Information System (Effis) – close to the double sum compared to last year.

Last weekend, Spain’s Civil Guard said they had offered “sanctions” for four people for unauthorized burns in Caruni in the Galicia region.

Causing forest fire is a criminal offense in Spain, even if by accident.

The neighboring Portugal also had to fight forest fires since the end of July, and the north and the country’s center reached the most violent.

President Marcella Reber de Susu conveyed his “deepest sympathies” of the families of the dead firefighters killed in the crash on Sunday. Two more firefighters were also injured.

In 2025, Effis reports that about 216,000 hectares of land were burned down by Portugal’s forest fires.

Spain and Portugal have intensified the European Civil Defense Mechanism, according to which countries can seek emergency assistance.

Firefighters from other countries were sent to fight fires in Spain, and both countries will receive two fire fighting planes.

In summer, fires are commonplace across Southern Europe, but their burden can often worsen thermal conditions.

Meteorologists say that such extremes are becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change caused by man.

Climate change makes the weather more stringent, the Spanish state meteorological agency said.