00:02At least 11 people have died, and 19 remain missing after a wildfire swept through Almeria
00:09in southern Spain, with firefighters still battling one of the country's deadliest blazes
00:14on record. Authorities said most of the victims appeared to be foreign nationals who ignored
00:19orders to shelter in place. Antonio Sanz, Andalusia's head of emergencies, said the fire
00:25spread rapidly through woodland around Los Galardos in Almeria province, severely affecting
00:31the nearby hamlet of Bedar. He said residents had been instructed to remain indoors, but
00:37the fatalities appeared to have occurred when people attempted to flee in their vehicles.
00:41Among the victims were four people believed to be British, who died in a car with a right-hand
00:47drive. Seven others were found dead after abandoning their vehicles and trying to escape on foot
00:52along a route that was not part of the official evacuation plan. Sanz urged residents to follow
00:58evacuation instructions and avoid taking unnecessary risks, as emergency crews focused on saving
01:04lives. Four people are being treated in hospital for serious burns. Andalusia Regional President
01:11Juan Manuel Moreno said 19 people remain unaccounted for. Antas Mayor Pedro Ridao said the fire is
01:18believed to have started after a power cable came loose and fell onto dry scrubland. Prime
01:24Minister Pedro Sánchez said he felt enormous sadness and devastation over the tragedy and
01:30offered his condolences to the victims' families. The death toll makes it Spain's deadliest wildfire
01:36since 2005, when 11 firefighters were killed in a blaze in Guadalajara sparked by a barbecue.
01:48The death tolls' parents don't have to die. The death tolls and the death toll have come
01:54to give rise. The death toll is a sudden of the heart causes a massive problem.
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