Tag: Evacuations
Firefighters and army battle to extinguish blaze on Spain’s Tenerife with Canary Islands president saying its the ‘worst in...
CANARY ISLANDS president Fernando Clavijo has said that the Tenerife wildfire which started on Tuesday was the 'worst in 40 years'.
Firefighters are encountering soaring...
Andalucia supports wildfire mitigation efforts in the Canary Islands as fire devastates community
ON Sunday, members of Spain's Military Emergency Unit (UME) left Andalucia for La Palma in the Canary Islands to help extinguish the island’s wildfire.
Since...
First major forest fire of the year forces evacuations in Spain’s Castellon area
HUNDREDS of people have been evacuated in the Villaneuva de Viver area of Castellon province due to a major forest fire
Emergency services said 1,500...
Firefighters hope for storms to help dampen down massive wildfire burning across Alicante province in Spain
AROUND 11,500 hectares of land has been destroyed so far in the Vall d'Ebo fire in Alicante Province which started on Saturday.
Hope may be...
2,500 evacuated as wildfires hit Spain’s Zaragoza and Alicante
SOME 2,500 people had to be evacuated in Northern Spain after a wildfire thought to be contained flared out of control, fanned by strong...
Mallorca bar terrace in Spain destroyed after German tourists throw cigarette butts off hotel balcony
A Mallorca upper bar terrace was destroyed after German tourists threw cigarette butts down onto it from a hotel balcony party.
13 people have been...
Fireworks suspected of starting forest blaze in Costa Blanca area of Spain
FIREFIGHTERS put out a forest blaze in the Alcalali area of Alicante Province in the early hours of Thursday morning.
The fire was reported at...
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The Gibraltar Health...
