Spain reports nearly 400,000 hectares burned and 37 arrests due to fires

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Spain reports nearly 400,000 hectares burned and 37 arrests due to fires  Spain continues to tackle several major wildfires in one of the country's most destructive fire seasons in recent decades, despite temperatures dropping across the Iberian Peninsula.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/08/21/spain-reports-nearly-400000-hectares-burned-and-37-arrests-due-to-fires  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00At least 37 people have been arrested in Spain for their alleged involvement in forest fires

00:05that have raged for weeks.

00:0821 serious fires are active across the country despite a decrease in temperatures, with flames

00:14burning through land across several regions.

00:18On Tuesday, fires in Galicia ravaged small, sparsely populated towns, forcing locals to

00:24step in before firefighters arrived.

00:28Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited the area where he spoke on the 16-day heat

00:34wave that has fueled fires across the country.

00:37He blamed the impact of climate change for the destruction caused by the wildfires.

00:42Spain has seen a catastrophic wildfire season that has killed four people and burned through

00:46thousands of hectares of land.

00:49Protests on how best to manage the fires broke out in Leon, where hundreds of residents gathered

00:54to demand the central government help in combating the flames.

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