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Madrid — Cries of 'Run, run, run, run' echoed down the hillside as a wall of flames fanned by strong winds blew down at four Spanish firefighters as the crater dried up. I swallowed bracken. I live
The wildfire they were fighting on Wednesday broke out in the eastern region of Valencia, and as crew members tried to prevent the flames from reaching the village of Bezis, north of the city of Valencia. There are dead people.
Three firefighters were injured in the blaze and several villages in the area were evacuated, local emergency services said on Twitter.
At least 10 of his passengers were injured on a train on Tuesday in the same fire, according to ambulance services. A few panicked and got off as the flames approached the tracks.
The driver reversed the train bound for Zaragoza and returned safely to the train station in the city of Valencia.
Climate change has caused parts of the Iberian Peninsula to become the driest in her 1,200 years, according to a study published last month in the journal Nature Geoscience.
In neighboring Portugal, more than 1,200 firefighters and his nine water bombers have ravaged the Serra da Estrela National Park since it began on 6 August, covering more than 17,000 hectares. I was fighting a devastating wildfire.
On Tuesday, a Madrid skyscraper more than 400 kilometers (250 miles) away was engulfed in smoke from the fire.
So far this year, wildfires have already burned more than 275,000 hectares in Spain and more than 87,000 hectares in Portugal, the latter covering about 1% of Portugal's territory and the third largest in the European Union. accounts for the highest percentage.
(Reported by Lorena Sopena and Christina Thykjaer; written and edited by John Stonestreet)
