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With at least 11 people dead, this is already among the deadliest wildfires in Spanish history.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez said in May that Spain would deploy its largest-ever summer wildfire response this year, local media reported. <\/p>\n
Spain’s Military Emergency Unit (UME), which is deployed in major emergencies, said it would join firefighting efforts in Los Gallardos. <\/p>\n
In June, Spain reached its highest daily average since 1950<\/a>, and had days where it recorded its highest ever temperatures for that month. Temperatures as high as 42C (107.6F) were forecast in some parts of the country. <\/p>\n Last year, a record 393,000 hectares (971,000 acres) burned in Spain, according to the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), more than six times the Spanish average<\/a> for between 2006 and 2024.<\/p>\n Climate change is driving up temperatures around the world, and Europe is the fastest warming continent<\/a>, heating up twice as fast as the global average, according to the Copernicus climate service.<\/p>\n This is causing increased summer heatwaves, greater pressure on Europe’s water supply, and more intense wildfires.<\/p>\n Last year was the European Union’s worst wildfire season since records began in 2006<\/a>, with more than a record one million hectares – equivalent to about half the land area of Wales – burning across the EU. <\/p>\n The worsening fire season in the Mediterranean has been linked directly to climate change in a separate study by the World Weather Attribution group at Imperial College London.<\/p>\n Experts warn that more frequent and severe fires across Europe are likely to continue in the future.<\/p>\n Are you in the area? If it is safe to do so, share your story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n