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This is the second death in the fires that ravage Spain in a heat wave, forcing thousands of people to evacuate.
This series of fires coincides with the heat wave that entered Tuesday in its tenth day with all regions on alert, including those of the north A man died fighting against a
The 35-year-old man had been involved in the firefighting operation with a particular firebreaker since Monday and, along with him, another volunteer of about 36 years of age was seriously injured and transferred to the Hospital de León. A third person in the same fire also needed health care for burns.
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The volunteer was fighting a fire in the León region when he died on Tuesday, announced the prefect of Castile-et-León (northwest).
He had joined the extinction operation last Monday along with another individual who had also provided machinery and who was injured by burns. More information: A 35-year-old volunteer died in León fighting the fire that swept through Zamora province.
Spain is burning because of the wave of fires that have plagued the Peninsula for several days. Castilla y León is worried about the many active hot spots he lives in, where a volunteer has died while working in the extinction work and where more than 5,000 people have had to be evicted.
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