- Title: Firefighting helicopters battle Spain's biggest wildfire of the year
- Date: 16th August 2021
- Summary: NAVALMORAL, SPAIN (AUGUST 16, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF FIRE RAGING IN THE FOREST FIREFIGHTING HELICOPTER FLYING OVER FIRES VARIOUS OF FIRE RAGING FIREFIGHTING HELICOPTER DUMPING WATER TO PUT OUT FIRE VILLAGERS HELPING TO EXTINGUISH FIRE FIREFIGHTING HELICOPTER DUMPING WATER TO PUT OUT FIRE VILLAGERS HELPING TO EXTINGUISH FIRE FIREFIGHTING HELICOPTER DUMPING WATER TO PUT OUT FIRE VILLAGERS HELPING TO EXTINGUISH FIRE TWO FIREFIGHTING HELICOPTERS FLYING OVER FIRES VILLAGERS HELPING TO EXTINGUISH FIRE TWO FIREFIGHTING HELICOPTERS FLYING OVER FIRES FIRE RAGING VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTING HELICOPTERS FLYING OVER FIRE AREA FIRE RAGING FIREFIGHTING HELICOPTER DUMPING WATER TO PUT OUT FIRE WATER FALLING ONTO FIRE VARIOUS OF FIRE RAGING VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTING HELICOPTER DUMPING WATER TO PUT OUT FIRE VILLAGERS LOOKING TOWARDS THE FIRE/VIGILANCE SERVICE VEHICLE DRIVING AWAY FIREFIGHTING HELICOPTERS DUMPING WATER TO PUT OUT FIRE FIREFIGHTERS TRUCK FIREFIGHTING HELICOPTER DUMPING WATER TO PUT OUT FIRE FIREFIGHTERS NEXT TO VEHICLE FIREFIGHTING HELICOPTER DUMPING WATER TO PUT OUT FIRE VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTING HELICOPTER DUMPING WATER TO PUT OUT FIRE VILLAGERS WORKING ON FIRE AREA FIREFIGHTERS FIREFIGHTING HELICOPTER DUMPING WATER TO PUT OUT FIRE FIREFIGHTERS FIREFIGHTING HELICOPTER FLYING OVER FIRE AREA FIRE RAGING FIREFIGHTING HELICOPTER FLYING OVER FIRE AREA FIRE RAGING BURGUILLO, SPAIN (AUGUST 16, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF THE BURGUILLO SWAMP SHOWING LOW LEVELS OF WATER
- Embargoed: 30th August 2021 18:17
- Keywords: Fire firefighters helicopters planes wildfire
- Location: NAVALMORAL & BURGUILLO, SPAIN
- City: NAVALMORAL & BURGUILLO, SPAIN
- Country: Spain
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Europe,Wildfires/Forest Fires
- Reuters ID: LVA001EQJ60QV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Spanish authorities have evacuated nearly 1,000 people from their homes to protect them from a wildfire that has destroyed at least 12,000 hectares (29,652 acres) of land since Saturday (August 14), spurred on by a severe heat wave.
Reuters Video showed firefighting helicopters dumping water over raging fires in the surrounding area of the town of Navalmoral, some 120 km (75 miles) from Madrid.
Local villagers helped firefighters in their efforts to put out the fire which began when a car burst into flames on a highway on Saturday (August 14) and forced the evacuation of eight villages, authorities said.
Castilla y Leon regional government said on Monday a combination of strong winds, high temperatures and low humidity created perfect conditions for the fire to spread, but firefighters were gradually bringing it under control.
Around 1,000 firefighters, including 140 emergency military personnel, have been deployed to tame the blaze, as well as helicopters and planes.
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