Created: 07/20/2022 Updated: 07/20/2022, 3:00 p.m
Several forest fires raged in Spain in July 2022, two people died. The country has been suffering from an extreme heat wave for days.
1 / 15 A forest fire is also raging near the Catalan city of Manresa in northern Spain. © Eric Renom/dpa
2 / 15 One of the worst forest fires in Spain is raging in the province of Zamora. © Emilio Fraile/dpa
3 / 15 Two fire-fighting helicopters load water in Spain to extinguish a forest fire near Alhaurín de la Torre, province of Málaga. © Lorenzo Carnero/dpa
4 / 15 passengers photograph the edge of the forest in the Spanish province of Zamora during a train journey. © Francisco Seoane Perez/dpa
5 / 15 In Galicia, in northwestern Spain, several forest fires are reducing the landscape to rubble and ash. © Carlos Castro/dpa
6 / 15 The emergency services are fighting the forest fires in Spain on the ground and from the air, here in Castellgalí, Catalonia. © Lorena Sopêna/dpa
7 / 15 On Monday, Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez got an idea of the forest fires near Casas de Miravete. © Gustavo Valiente/dpa
8 / 15 Losacio, Zamora: This firefighter just found out about the death of a colleague in a forest fire in Spain. © Emilio Fraile/dpa
9 / 15 Houses also fell victim to the fires in Spain, here in A Veiga da Cascallá, Galicia. © Brais Lorenzo/EFE
10 / 15 Residents in areas affected by forest fires in Spain are desperate. © Brais Lorenzo/EFE
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12 / 15 Not only people had to be brought to safety from the forest fires in Spain, but also animals. Here at Alhaurin De La Torre. © Gregorio Marrero/dpa
13 / 15 fighting the flames near Manresa in Catalonia. © Eric Renom/dpa
14 / 15 A man watches the flames of the fire in Losacio near Zamora. © Emilio Fraile/dpa
15 / 15 Because of the forest fires in Spain, hundreds of people had to leave their homes here near Zamora. © Emilio Fraile/dpa
