US EditionTwo dead in Spain fire as heatwave scorches Europe
- Two people died in a wildfire on July 2, 2025, in Torrefeta i Florejacs, Segarra, northeastern Spain, burning 6,500 hectares.
- The fire intensified due to extreme heatwaves affecting Europe, with unusually early, intense heat linked to human-induced climate change.
- Firefighters found the bodies lifeless while extinguishing flames amid strong gusty winds, and about 14,000 people were confined at home.
- Temperatures soared to 46°C in southern Spain and 41°C were forecast in Cordoba, while France faced red heat alerts and related deaths.
- The wildfire deaths mark Spain's first this summer, highlighting rising heat risks as authorities urge caution and emergency efforts continue.
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BARCELONA.- The heat wave in Europe that punishes Europe helped fuel an aggressive forest fire in Spain that killed two farmers before hundreds of firefighters managed to control it thanks to a timely storm, authorities reported on Wednesday.The fire that started Tuesday night in the rural province of Lleida formed a huge thick column of ash and smoke that reached 14,000 meters of altitude, the largest recorded by firefighters in Catalonia.Firef…
A wildfire in Spain kills 2, as Europe bakes in a heat wave
A European heat wave helped fuel a virulent wildfire in Spain that killed two farmers before hundreds of firefighters brought it under control thanks to a timely rainstorm, authorities said Wednesday.The blaze that broke out late on Tuesday in the rural province of Lleida created an enormous thick plume of ash and smoke that reached 14,000 meters (45,000 feet) of altitude, making it the largest registered by firefighters in Catalonia, a northeas…
Barcelona, Spain. Two people died in a forest fire of “very violent characteristics” in northeastern Spain, authorities said, who warned this Wednesday of a summer “very complicated” by fires.The deadly fire occurred when Spain is immersed, like much of Europe, in an intense heat wave.In the region of Catalonia, in northeastern Spain, the authorities had to confine on Tuesday some 14,000 people for two fires declared almost simultaneously in the…
Europe heatwave claims 4 lives each in Spain, France
Wildfires have killed two people in Spain and two others have died in France because of a heatwave that has gripped Europe and forced the closure of a nuclear reactor at a Swiss power plant. With scorching temperatures again on Wednesday, Spanish officials said a wildfire in Catalonia had killed two people a day earlier and France's energy minister reported two deaths with a direct link to the heatwave, with 300 others taken to hospital. Italy i…
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