Spanish firefighters on alert after huge wildfire tamed
20/6/2022 19:20
Emergency planes dumped water over part of rural eastern Spain to prevent flames reigniting from a huge wildfire that had ravaged about 30,000 hectares of land during a heatwave, the region's environmental service said. The fire, which broke out last week during the country's worst mid-June heatwave in over 40 years, would be the largest in terms of surface area damage over the past two decades if estimates are confirmed, according to Environment Ministry data. "Even though there are no flames anymore, the work continues," the service said. "Weather conditions are improving and ground and air teams are still at work." Temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in many parts of Spain last week, their highest so early in the year since 1981, as record highs were also hit across other parts of Western Europe.
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