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Weakened griffon vulture rescued in Spain’s Almeria
THE bird of prey, which had been spotted flying over different buildings in the centre of Almeria for the last two days, was successfully...
Firemen from Spain rescue woman, 50, who had spent 144 hours buried under rubble after Turkey earthquake
A TEAM of firemen from the Madrid region has taken part in the successful rescue of a 50-year-old woman who spent 144 hours buried...
WATCH: Team of Valencia firefighters pull survivors from rubble of Turkey earthquake
After a catastrophic earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter Scale hit Turkey and Syria on February 6, whole neighbourhoods full of people in their...
Firefighters in Spain’s Malaga called out to rescue horse in dire straits
MALAGA firefighters of the Provincial Fire Brigade Consortium (CPB) have successfully rescued a trapped horse.
The incident occurred yesterday, Sunday January 22, when fire crews...
Man falls 200 metres to his death in Spain’s Sierra Nevada
MOUNTAIN rescue teams have recovered the body of a man who fell 200 metres to his death whilst hiking in Granada’s Sierra Nevada.
The tragic...
WATCH: Firefighters rescue woman from zipline after she got stuck 40 metres in the air in Andalucia’s Gaucin
THIS footage shows the spectacular rescue of a hiker who had got stuck on a zipline in Gaucin.
Malaga province firefighters from Manilva and Algatocin...
WATCH: Police in Spain’s Malaga rescue a weakened griffon vulture
POLICE have successfully rescued a huge Griffon vulture which was spotted in Malaga last week.
Officers from the specialist nature conservation group of the Malaga...
Cute puppies kept in poor conditions are rescued on Spain’s Costa Blanca
POLICE in Denia have rescued 18 puppies who lived in poor surroundings in a shack close to an industrial estate.
The owner apparently planned to...
Man who fell down well in Spain’s Malaga rescued after his dog barks for help for six-and-a-half hours
A YOUNG dog who was rescued at just 15 days old has returned the favour after saving her master’s life one year on.
Joaquín Gallardo...
Frenchman survives in a capsized boat for 16 hours before being rescued off coast of Galicia, northwestern Spain
A MAN survived 16 hours in a capsized boat before being rescued next to the Sisargas Islands, near Galicia.
The 62-year-old French man, who has...
Police save life of choking semi-conscious girl on Spain’s Costa Blanca
GUARDIA Civil officers saved the life of a girl, 3, who was choking to death after swallowing some small pieces of plastic at the...
90-year-old man flees apartment fire in Spain’s Valencia area
A fire tore through a fourth-floor apartment in Gandia, Valencia Province, on Tuesday.
The occupant, a 90-year-old man, escaped on his own and was treated...
Dramatic rescue of octogenarian stuck in car after plunging into rambla on Spain’s Costa Blanca
WEDGED in his own car and fearful that he may drown, an 80 year old man was dramatically rescued by police and passers-by in...
Fire crew deploys ladder to rescue elderly man lying on apartment floor for two days on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A 77-year-old Denia man has been rescued by firefighters after collapsing and then spending two days on his apartment floor.
His daughter called for help...
IN PICS: Motorist survives horrific plunge off Benidorm area motorway on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A female motorist survived a plunge of several metres down an embankment on Thursday off the AP-7 motorway on the Costa Blanca.
Her vehicle careered...
Dog falls six metres down Costa Blanca well in Spain followed by man who tries to rescue it
A man fell six metres down a Torrevieja well on Monday after he tried to rescue a dog.
Both were both rescued within an hour.
The...
Elderly British couple hit trouble alongside iconic Benidorm viewpoint on Spain’s Costa Blanca
EMERGENCY services rescued a British couple after one of them suffered an injury close to a popular viewpoint in hills above Benidorm.
The Brits, both...
WATCH: 73-year-old man rescued by helicopter after suffering a stroke while hiking in Spain’s Mallorca
SPAIN’S Guardia Civil have released a video of the dramatic rescue of a man who suffered a stroke while hiking Mallorca’s famous Puig de...
WATCH: Police save cat overcome by toxic fumes from volcano in La Palma on Spain’s Canary Islands
OFFICERS on the Canary Island of La Palma came to the rescue of a cat named Felix after he was overcome by toxic fumes...
Andalucia migrant death tragedy in Spain as dinghies sink off Almeria coast
SPAIN'S Salvamento Maritimo(Maritime Rescue) is searching for ten migrants who disappeared from two dinghies off the Almeria coast.
The Salvamar Spica is spearheading the search...
Group of 19 immigrants rescued off Spain’s coast and taken to Granada
A GROUP of 19 desperate refugees have been rescued off Granada this morning.
It comes after a dinghy boat was spotted southeast of Cape Sacratif...
WATCH: Soldier rescues cat engulfed by volcanic ash on La Palma by performing ‘mouth-to-mouth’
IT IS said that cats have nine lives, and this lucky feline on the island of La Palma certainly owes one of them to...
How an Olive Press reader, a Spanish prince and an Instagram star helped rescue 2000 vulnerable Afghans as Taliban...
THREE MEN from wildly different backgrounds joined forces to save thousands of lives as Kabul was falling under the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Shiv Shanker Nair,...
Marbella firefighters free owl trapped in golf course netting
MARBELLA firefighters have rescued an Eurasian eagle-owl after one of its talons got tangled in netting at a local golf course, according to fire...
WATCH: This is the moment 32 passengers were rescued from doomed ferry in Spain’s Ibiza
In the dramatic footage, released by the Guardia Civil, it shows passengers arriving to Ibiza Port after being taken off the crashed vessel
Bather in Spain’s Estepona rescued after rip currents dragged him 200m off-shore
A SWIMMER has been rescued after being sucked into the sea by strong currents in Estepona.
The bather, a 57-year-old Romanian man, was caught off...
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