Spain’s record wildfire spreads across 500 square kilometres near Madrid
Spain's largest wildfire has consumed an area five times the size of Barcelona and forced 25,000 people to evacuate in the region west of Madrid.
A major out-of-control fire in the Ávila region west of Madrid has burned across 500 square kilometres, making it Spain's largest blaze on record. The fire has forced 25,000 people to flee villages in the affected hills.
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The out-of-control fire has consumed 500 square kilometres — an area five times the size of Barcelona — and forced 25,000 people to flee villages in the smouldering hills of Ávila west of Madrid, the capital.