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Three killed after fire breaks out in student flat in Spain’s Huelva
THREE youngsters aged between 20 and 21 were killed on Tuesday morning after a fire broke out in a student flat in Huelva.
The victims,...
ABOUT TIME: More than 10 years after Costa del Sol blaze that killed two, trial of gardener accused of...
A GARDENER accused of starting a massive forest fire that swept across the Costa del Sol in 2012 is facing seven-and-a-half years in jail.
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Five injured and more than a hundred passengers evacuated from a Barcelona-Cadiz train as carriage roof catches fire in...
FIVE injured and more than a hundred passengers have had to be evacuated from a train in Córdoba capital as flames and smoke spilled...
Local Fuengirola man arrested for campaign of early morning bin fires in the city centre that caused blackouts
An alleged serial arsonist responsible for a campaign of lighting fires in public bins in Fuengirola has finally been arrested.
The local man is accused...
IN PICTURES: The festival in Spain where horses are ridden through flames
A TRADITION where horses are spurred to leap through 20 flaming bonfires has been revived after a COVID break - and not everyone is...
Huge fire in fishing port in Spain’s Marbella controlled—leaving some 80 pleasure boats worth millions of euros destroyed
THE enormous fire which erupted in the La Bajadilla fishermen's marina in Marbella has been brought under control—but has potentially destroyed around 80 pleasure...
VIDEO BREAKING: Massive fire in Marbella’s La Bajadilla marina
A HUGE fire has erupted in the La Bajadilla fishermen's marina in Marbella.
Flames and smoke are billowing over the Costa del Sol city as...
Father and son perish in apartment fire tragedy in Spain’s Fuengirola in Malaga as town hall declares three days...
A family has been ripped apart by a devastating fire that tore through a Fuengirola apartment block on Monday, killing a father and son.
Two...
Blaze that incinerated electricity cables in central Madrid likely caused by surge in demand
A FIRE that broke out in central Madrid in the early hours of December 26 was likely caused by a surge in power consumption,...
Wildfires destroy more than 6,100 hectares of land in Spain’s Malaga during 2022
TWO major fires this summer, together with dozens of smaller fires have destroyed more than 6,100 hectares of land this year, 2022.
According to the...
Popular Costa del Sol beach bar burned to the ground in shocking blaze
A popular chiringuito on the Costa del Sol has completely burned to the ground after a massive fire on Thursday morning.
Torremolinos firefighters received...
Malaga forest fire lights up night sky, 45 firefighters rush to the scene
Long-awaited rains have finally fallen in the drought-stricken Andalucia, and just at the right time to help extinguish a raging forest fire in Malaga.
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Nine-month-old baby dies in Madrid after being caught in a fire
A nine-month-old baby has died in Madrid after inhaling smoke from a fire that broke out last Thursday in a commercial property under the...
Firefighters battling large blaze in Cadiz
Plumes of smoke are billowing above forestland in Cadiz as firefighters battle another blaze.
Almost 20 firefighters are battling a blaze in forestland in the...
Forest fire breaks out near homes 2Okm from Marbella
Firefighters have controlled another wildfire in Spain's south, this time scorching land near a reservoir outside Marbella.
Firefighters have now stabilised the forest fire that...
DOUBLE TROUBLE: Firefighters battle two fires in Mijas on Spain’s Costa del Sol
WITH temperatures nudging 30 and winds gusting 30 kph, Andalucía's firemen feared a busy day.
With almost no rain since Easter the ground is bone...
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...
EXCLUSIVE: Residents feared for their homes when multiple fronts of flames raced towards their homes in L’Atzubia last night
Many expat residents were forced to flee their homes in fear as the giant wall of flames approached.
One, Chloe Modrekelidze send the Olive Press...
WATCH: A wall of flames raced towards the A23 motorway in Spain’s Valencia province, Sierra de Javalambre
GUSTING thirty mile an hour winds fanned the flames towards a number of villages including Toras, Viver and Teresa.
Only a handful of helicopters and...
Firefighters called to passenger ferry blaze in Spain’s Valencia port
SEVEN fire engines were scrambled on Monday after a fire broke out onboard a ferry docked at the port of Valencia.
Initial reports say the...
VIDEO: Expat eyewitness account of Estepona’s latest wildfire on Spain’s Costa del Sol
A Canadian expat described the shock of watching flames from the beach in Estepona as she enjoyed a family day out on Tuesday.
https://youtu.be/570vsGKp32s
The fire...
WILDFIRE UPDATES SPAIN’S COSTA DEL SOL: Estepona fire under control and Mijas fire stabilised
INFOCA, the agency that deals with fire emergencies in Andalucia has declared the recent wildfires on the Costa del Sol, in Estepona and Mijas...
VIDEO: Third wildfire within ten days breaks out near Mijas on Spain’s Costa del Sol
ANOTHER wildfire has broken out in Mijas on Tuesday (July 26) the third to have sparked near the Costa del Sol town within the...
Burning car sparks new blaze outside Mijas on Spain’s Costa del Sol
ANOTHER wildfire was raging outside Mijas on Sunday afternoon after a blaze was sparked by a burning car.
Firefighting agency INFOCA said the blaze had...
Dutch reforestation company shoulders blame for sparking massive wildfire in northeastern Spain
A Dutch reforestation company has apologised for sparking a massive blaze responsible for destroying at least 14,000 hectares of woodland near Zaragoza in northeastern...
WATCH: Heartwarming moment firefighters give water to young deer trapped by wildfires in Spain
FIRES are devastating vast swathes of woodland across northern Spain in what authorities predict will be the worst year for at least a decade.
But...
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