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Spain’s historic wildfire season may soon get relief, forecasters say

Spain recently made EU history when it made its first request ever for wildfire response reinforcements from the EU’s Civil ...

Cooler Weather Eases Wildfire Risks Across Spain and Portugal

Cooler conditions are helping Spanish and Portuguese firefighters tackle deadly blazes that have forced tens of thousands of ...

Spain to probe whether wildfire-hit towns drafted prevention plans

More than 403,000ha of land have been burnt in Spain in 2025. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Spain wildfires: decades of rural decline made the blazes worse, but robust local economies can prevent further destruction – here’s how

The key to preventing forest fires is creating a rural economy based on the use of forests. While this would generate ...

Spain arrests alleged arsonist linked to wildfire as second firefighter dies

A second volunteer firefighter has died after battling a wildfire in the northern Spanish province of Leon, while police ...

Wildfires devastate nearly 10,000 km2 in 2025 with Spain and Portugal hardest-hit

Spain's civil-protection chief warned that the fires continue to pose a direct threat to populated areas, while Defence ...

At Least 6 Dead, Including 2 Firefighters, as Dozens of Wildfires Burn amid Ongoing Heat Wave

The death toll is now at two in Portugal and four in Spain as the fires burn for a second week, according to AFP. The fires ...

Huge wildfires stabilising in Spain, cooler forecast fuels hope worst is over

Wildfires raging in northern and western Spain have burned through nearly the same area in the past 24 hours as in all of last year, although the end of a 16-day heatwave and expected rainfall have ...