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FIRE LATEST: 18 large wildfires remain active as lower temperatures help to contain blazes in Spain

18 LARGE fires remain active in the Asturias, Castilla y Leon, and Galicia regions in northern Spain plus Extremadura in the west. The figures were released on Thursday afternoon by the State Coordination Committee (CECOD). It said the number of…

21 major wildfires still active in Spain as Pedro Sanchez promises ‘disaster area’ status

SPAIN continued to battle against several major wildfires on Tuesday despite temperatures falling after a heatwave that lasted over a fortnight. Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, on a visit to one of the affected areas- Jarilla in Extremadura- said that next…

Serbian gangster laying low in Spanish party town for years rumbled by false passport fail

A SERBIAN drug trafficker sentenced to four years in prison has been arrested in Spain after being caught with a fake passport. The man was jailed back in 2016 in his native Serbia but escaped and spent seven years living…

Man shot dead after trying to stab police officers on his doorstep in Valencia

A MAN was shot dead after lunging at two Policia Nacional officers with a knife in a Valencia building on Monday. The assailant was a 46-year-old Chinese national who owned a bar. Officers shot in self-defence after being called to…