Villanueva de la Sierra : Spain battled 14 major fires driven by high winds and aggravated by heat on Friday as authorities warned of “unfavourable conditions” to tackle flames that have already killed seven people and burned an area the size of London.
Firefighters have been battling to put out blazes across Southern Europe in one of the worst summers for wildfires in 20 years.
A nearly two-week heatwave and southerly winds were worsening the situation in Spain.
Spain’s national weather agency AEMET warned of extreme fire risk in the north and west of the country, as temperatures are expected to reach up to 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) on the north coast.
