US EditionSpain PM says planning for deadly wildfires 'clearly insufficient'
- Four people died and thousands were evacuated in Spain due to wildfires caused by a heatwave, as reported by the European Forest Fire Information System.
- Wildfires have destroyed hundreds of thousands of hectares in Spain this year, surpassing 306,000 hectares in 2022, setting a new record since 2006.
- Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez stated that Spain's planning for wildfires was "clearly insufficient" and highlighted a need for improved fire prevention policies and land management.
- The Socialist government and the conservative Popular Party are in a blame game regarding the causes of the wildfires, with accusations from both sides about prevention failures and resource withholding.
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The tragedy of the wave of fires that has burned almost 400,000 hectares in Spain leaves a bleak panorama with the photos from the air that accounts for the devastating panorama that have left the flames in the multiple declared fires.To capture the dimension of the tragedy the renowned social and environmental photographer Pedro Armestre and Greenpeace have taken off to document from the air the catastrophe that has been declared in our country…
After August, which was marked by the largest forest fires in history in Spain, its Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (Sanchez) admitted today that the fire prevention policy was "manifestly insufficient".
After a month of August marked by historic forest fires in the country, Pedro Sánchez acknowledged this Monday, September 1, that the fire prevention policy was "clearly inadequate".
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said this afternoon that Spain's preparation to face the deadly forest fires of this summer, which burned a record of territory, was "clearly insufficient". Four people died and thousands were evacuated from the country while a wave of heat occupied the south of Europe last month, spreading a game of accusations between the socialist government and the conservative opposition party, the People's Party (PP).
The president of the government, Pedro Sánchez, has lamented the tragedy due to the 130 forest fires that have razed 330,000 hectares during the month of August. "We are talking about an area equivalent to almost six times the island of Ibiza and that have forced many people to evacuate their homes without even knowing if they could return to them and therefore damaged their municipalities", Sánchez said this Monday in the act 'For a state pact …
Madrid. The president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, acknowledged on Monday that the fire prevention policy was “clearly insufficient”, after a month of August marked by historic forest fires in the country. “We have had a clearly insufficient fire prevention policy that is reflected, for example, in the lack of plans implemented in the absence of advanced predictive analysis instruments and also in firefighters and forest brigades,” …
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