Firefighters battle ‘fire whirls’ in northern Spain • FRANCE 24 English

With his warehouse ablaze, this resident of Kubu de Benvente in northwestern Spain has come to check on the damage. He’s not the only one. This man was among hundreds of people forced from their homes on Sunday. We came today to see how the situation is looking because our farm is very close to that warehouse. I actually feared something worse, but well, this is what we have. This is More than a dozen blazes broke out over the weekend in the north of the Castillia Elleon region. Authorities said two or three may have been started by lightning strikes, though there were indications the majority were the result of arson. Fire crews extinguished some of them, but on Sunday, fire whirls caused by extreme temperatures fan flames in Las Medulas, a UNESCO World Heritage site and Roman gold mining area. returning to their homes on Monday after being evacuated. Residents took stock of the damage. It’s bad. So bad. It can’t happen. Given it’s a World Heritage site, having a fire here is terrible. It’s awful. I don’t know. I feel powerless. You lose everything in your life in just one minute. Wildfires are also affecting the northern regions of Galysia and Navare as Spain endures a heat wave which is entering its second week. The extreme temperatures are expected to last until at least Thursday and authorities have warned of a high to extreme wildfire risk across much of the country.

Extreme heat and strong winds caused “fire whirls” as a blaze burned several houses and forced the evacuation of hundreds of people from near a UNESCO-listed national park in northern Spain, authorities said on Monday.About 800 people were told to abandon their homes in half a dozen villages in the north of the Castile and Leon region, where several wildfires were raging. Carys Garland tells us more.
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9 comments

  1. As one who was evacuated from my small village in the French Languedoc just last week, my heart goes out to you and my thoughts are with you .

  3. It's either "natural", or "arson". Many times when the media says arson, they mean a family with a portable barbecue problem, or someone dropping a cigarette. I wouldn't call this "arson"!!

  6. This past year vacationing in Europe, I saw all the Chemtrails being endlessly sprayed by endless jet aircraft, over Italy, Austria, and Spain. These nanoparticles of Barium, Strontium, and Aluminum are highly incindiary, which blanket the land when they settle to the ground. So, there's no Mystery to what is happening, it's purposeful Deforestation. The amount of dead trees in the Austrian Alps is alarming. They have their (Satanic?) reasons for doing it, no doubt. It explains why you can fly for $20 in Europe, but it will cost you $40 to check a suitcase, as the luggage holds are already filled with chemical tanks. That would explain the mystery of "Discount Airline Economics". If there is another economic explation how Air travel is cheaper than the trains in Europe, I'd like to hear it.

  7. At 0:44 tge firefighter is only helping the fire , not killing it. You don't put water on the fire but on what is burning. Actualu, tge best is to thoroughly wet what is not burning yet, so that when the fire comes, it loses power

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