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Home teleworker dies after falling off chair during video call in Spain’s Murcia
A Murcia area home teleworker died after he fell off a chair during a video chat on Monday.
The man, said to be in his...
Firefighters from Spain’s Costa Blanca en route to Poland-Ukraine border with urgent supplies
FOUR vans from the Alicante Province fire service began a long journey on Tuesday to take emergency supplies to Ukrainian refugees at the Poland-Ukraine...
Three dead including baby in car crash on Murcia motorway in Spain
THREE people, including a baby, died after two cars collided in the Mar Menor area of Murcia on Sunday evening.
Emergency services were called at...
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...
Biological protective gear worn as woman’s body is pulled out of home on Spain’s Costa Blanca piled high with...
FIREFIGHTERS donned biological protective gear on Friday to remove the decomposing body of a woman from her Torrevieja flat.
Concerned neighbours phoned the Guardia Civil...
Six people die in nursing home fire in Valencia area of eastern Spain
SIX nursing home residents have died in a fire at a Valencia area property.
17 people, including emergency workers, needed hospital treatment for burns and...
Donkey drama as crane lifts trapped animal out of a well on Spain’s Mallorca
A crane hoisted a trapped donkey to safety out of a dry well on a Mallorca farm.
The farm owner had just taken over the...
Trapped climbers in overnight rescue drama on famous Costa Blanca peak in Spain
FIVE climbers trapped on Monte Ponoig in Alicante Province have been rescued after an overnight operation by regional firefighters
Monte Ponoig, overlooking Polop, is nicknamed...
Five-year-old girl saves the day after raising alarm when fire breaks out at home in Spain’s Mallorca
A five-year-old girl is being hailed a hero after raising the alarm when a fire broke out in the middle of the night at...
Man suffers hypothermia and bruising after rescue from choppy Costa Blanca waters of Spain
EMERGENCY services rescued a Russian man who could not get out of the sea on Tuesday evening at Torrevieja's Cala de la Higuera.
It's not...
Dramatic Benidorm area rescue after two women are trapped in blazing Costa Blanca apartment in Spain
TWO women were rescued after a fire trapped them inside their Benidorm area beachside apartment.
The blaze started at 12.40 this Tuesday morning at a...
Firefighters in Malaga discover human remains in burnt out vehicle
Firefighters in the province of Malaga Spain discovered human remains in a burnt out van late on Saturday, November 6. Emergency services received calls...
One dead in Spain’s Barcelona after falling from a window when the building went up in flames
A MAN has died after falling from an eighth floor window in a fire located in the Badalona area of Barcelona.
According to authorities, they...
WATCH: Candle factory goes up in flames in Spain’s Barcelona
FIREFIGHTERS battled to contain an enormous blaze that broke out at a Barcelona candle factory late Sunday evening and continued to burn throughout the...
DAMBUSTERS: Watch firefighting aircraft scoop up water to douse blaze above Estepona on Spain’s Costa del Sol
IN tight military formation, a legion of sea-planes battle the biggest fire of the summer in southern Spain.
The tune from Dambusters would be appropriate...
Dramatic Benidorm rescue after poisonous gas knocks out painters on Spain’s Costa Blanca
BENIDORM firefighters smashed down a wall to rescue two workers poisoned by fumes from a water boiler.
Two men were painting the boiler yesterday morning(September...
Who’s a pretty boy then? Alicante firefighters in Spain rescue a parrot perched on a ledge
ALICANTE firefighters rescue animals as part of their regular line of duty but got a very different call out on Monday afternoon(July 26) involving...
DRAMATIC BLAZE IN SPAIN: Over 100 firefighters battle to contain wildfires ripping through Tarragona
MORE than 100 firefighters are tackling raging forest fires in Tarragona in the north east of Spain.
The blaze, which has ripped through the municipalities...
Forest fires brought under control on Costa del Sol in southern Spain
DOZENS of firefighters and helicopters worked through the day and night on Monday 19, to put out multiple forest fires in Torrox and Estepona...
FOREST FIRE: El Faro beach closed as wildfire rages outside Alcaidesa near Gibraltar
A FOREST fire has resulted in the closure of El Faro beach in the town of Alcaidesa, near San Roque. The first forest fire...
Male paraglider escapes with broken bones after crash-landing on Costa Blanca-Murcia border in Spain
A male paraglider escaped with just an ankle fracture and wounded pride after crashing yesterday evening(June 14) on the Murcia-Alicante Province border.
The unnamed man...
Benidorm area bees create an unwelcome buzz inside a property on Spain’s Costa Blanca
BENIDORM firefighters had an unusual call-out when they had to remove a nest of bees from an Altea property.
The owner phoned the emergency services...
FIRE ARREST: Woman carrying lighters held over three separate blazes in Spain’s Marbella
She was caught inside the vehicle with ‘flammable material’ and several lighters, before police detained her on charges of a ‘forest crime’
EMERGENCY declared over wildfire on Spain’s Costa del Sol as 50 evacuated, while helicopters, planes and 170 firefighters battle...
Meanwhile, five people have been treated for smoke poisoning, minor burns and bruises, but they were not hospitalised
Wildfires in Spain’s Gran Canaria declared ‘unstoppable’ as 8,000 evacuated
"One of the most painful images I've seen in my life"
‘HARD TO LOSE HIM’: Marbella firefighters pay for funeral of paralysed boy with brain cancer who they carried home...
After Benjamin’s diagnosis, he still attended school, and the servicemen were there to take him down at 10am and returned at 2pm to get him back up
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