Vanguard· 2h ago· 1 min read
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Saturday firefighters were working to “save lives” in the wildfires raging west of Madrid, warning of a “complex” struggle with high winds expected.
The fires in the parched countryside have forced 70,000 people to flee their homes, the government said, in what officials have called the region's worst fire on record.
“Our priority, our thinking, our aim is for your lives, to save your lives and protect inhabited areas,” Sanchez told reporters in the village of Cenicientos in the fire zone.
“We are going to have some complex hours ahead because although the temperatures have gone down, we do not know exactly how the wind will develop, how strong it will be.”
In the town of Brunete, local mayor Mar Nicolas told AFP she was “very worried for the residents who are suffering from these terrible fires”.
“Every year there are fires, but this one…
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