{"id":88825,"date":"2026-07-11T15:19:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T15:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hundreds-of-firefighters-in-spain-battle-deadly-wildfires-that-killed-at-least-12-fleeing-flames\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T15:19:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T15:19:55","slug":"hundreds-of-firefighters-in-spain-battle-deadly-wildfires-that-killed-at-least-12-fleeing-flames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hundreds-of-firefighters-in-spain-battle-deadly-wildfires-that-killed-at-least-12-fleeing-flames\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of firefighters in Spain battle deadly wildfires that killed at least 12 fleeing flames"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>At least 12 people are dead as hundreds of firefighters backed by helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft struggled Saturday to contain one of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/spain-wildfire-multiple-deaths-majority-foreigners\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Spain&#8217;s deadliest wildfires<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>A combination of light winds and high humidity are helping crews, but the sheer size of the fire still poses challenges, Antonio Sanz, head of Andalusia&#8217;s emergency services, said. The fire has scorched some 25 square miles of forest and farmland, about the size of Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p>Sanz said fire crews carried out controlled burns overnight around the perimeter of the fire, which broke out late Thursday in a semi-arid area near the Sierra de Los Filabres mountains in Almeria province, just as Spain was sizzling under a high temperature warning.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the victims, who are believed to be foreign nationals, died after ignoring shelter-in-place instructions, authorities said. Seven people died while on foot after abandoning their cars.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/11\/e2e89523-b6e7-49b0-a0ac-5f2c2466a564\/thumbnail\/620x413\/e02f1a5518c252a581dbc515e73cee9b\/gettyimages-2284864118.jpg#\" alt=\"SPAIN-FIRE-EMERGENCY \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/11\/e2e89523-b6e7-49b0-a0ac-5f2c2466a564\/thumbnail\/620x413\/e02f1a5518c252a581dbc515e73cee9b\/gettyimages-2284864118.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/11\/e2e89523-b6e7-49b0-a0ac-5f2c2466a564\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/3e5694fdb1a90a01d1ed07e7cbaa046a\/gettyimages-2284864118.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A picture taken on July 10, 2026 shows a helicopter dropping water in the area of a wildfire in Spain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                JOSE JORDAN \/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Four of the dead were believed to be British because the steering wheel of their burned-out car was on the right side, as with British vehicles, regional authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities had completed autopsies and DNA samples were collected to identify them, Sanz said Saturday. Authorities proactively evacuated 1,448 people from some 11 areas.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffrey and Christine Kember were watching a favorite TV show in their Los Pinos farmhouse when the blare of a siren alerted them to the fire. Jeffrey Kember said he and his wife jumped into their respective cars at the sight of the advancing flames while also trying to help a neighbor with two toddlers.<\/p>\n<p>He described how the couple briefly got separated and how he was unable to speak to his wife because she didn&#8217;t have a phone on her.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m driving through the flames. It was actually flames. I thought, &#8216;I can&#8217;t stop, I just gotta go,'&#8221; Jeffrey Kember told The Associated Press, with his wife next to him outside an evacuation center.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was eerie because all of a sudden I came out of the flames and it was all bright sunshine. It was like surreal. Ridiculous!&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/10\/75d61802-1eab-4218-95b5-2c0f9d071ce9\/thumbnail\/620x349\/c1366e9a519f6975b36d31bfc8eb1a97\/ap26191301766482.jpg#\" alt=\"Spain Wildfire \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/10\/75d61802-1eab-4218-95b5-2c0f9d071ce9\/thumbnail\/620x349\/c1366e9a519f6975b36d31bfc8eb1a97\/ap26191301766482.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/10\/75d61802-1eab-4218-95b5-2c0f9d071ce9\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/5b2f9f8edc000d94b9d62eadd5a3c222\/ap26191301766482.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">This image made from video provided by INFOCA shows firefighters battling a wildfire in Los Gallardos, near Almeria, Spain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                INFOCA via AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Spain has battled frequent and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/europeans-seek-relief-from-extreme-temperatures\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">severe heat waves<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in recent years, with temperatures often exceeding 104 degrees Fahrenheit. Wind, high temperatures and little rainfall help small wildfires grow into unchecked blazes.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Minister F\u00e9lix Bola\u00f1os on Saturday attributed the ferocity of the Almeira wildfire to a &#8220;climate emergency.&#8221; He said the fire, at its most intense, advanced as fast as 328 feet per minute.<\/p>\n<p>In June, Spain experienced several days of record-setting heat, with over 1,000 excess deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Europe is the world&#8217;s fastest-warming continent, with temperatures increasing twice as fast as the global average since the 1980s, according to the European Union&#8217;s Copernicus Climate Change Service. Parts of Western Europe are facing their third heat wave in six weeks. Globally, 2025 was the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/january-2025-hottest-on-record-despite-factors-less-likely\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">third-hottest year<\/a><\/span> on record, bringing several intense heat waves across Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Spain is no <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/goats-wildfire-solution-spain-grazing-heat-wave-climate-change-fire-breaks\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">stranger to wildfires<\/a><\/span>, with last year&#8217;s fire season burning more than 971,000 acres, according to the European Forest Fire Information System, an area twice as large as London. 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