00:00Spain is facing the biggest forest fire in its recent history, with nearly 77,000
00:04hectares affected by the fire, while in France firefighters face a
00:08firestorm just 15 kilometers from the outskirts of Bordeaux.
00:12Massive wildfires have burned tens of thousands of hectares in Europe and forced
00:17to evacuate 325,000 people in France and Spain. One of the hotspots in Spain is in Ávila.
00:22Northwest of Madrid, it damaged nearly 50,000 hectares. Several outbreaks occurred in Madrid and in the
00:27Neighboring provinces of Toledo and Ávila threatened to converge in a massive wildfire around
00:31of the capital and forced the evacuation of some 60,000 people.
00:35Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez warned on Sunday that there are still
00:39Complex hours lie ahead in the fight against forest fires, but he considered that
00:43The night has been very positive. The fires of the last few days, in a preliminary assessment,
00:48They have forced the evacuation of 75,000 people. King Felipe VI of Spain lamented this on Sunday.
00:53the incalculable loss of natural heritage in the fires that burned vast areas
00:57near Madrid and in the east of the country. Furthermore, a new fire is burning in the province
01:01Valencian Community, Castellón, which forced the evacuation of at least 15,000 people, and in Valencia a
01:06One person died in a minor fire. (I'm opening quotes.)
01:09We are talking about the largest forest fire in recent history in our country, in
01:13Spain. End quotes. The Minister for Ecological Transition, Sara Agessen, stated.
01:17The minister estimated that 70,000 hectares had been affected by the fires in Madrid and in
01:22the neighboring provinces of Toledo and Ávila, of which 50,000 correspond to the latter.
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