Spain's wildfires almost vanquished as political blame game erupts

Madrid (AFP) Aug 23, 2025

Spain has almost beaten back wildfires that have swept across the country this month, killing four people and ravaging huge swathes of land, the head of its civil protection and emergencies service said Saturday. "There are fewer of them, and the end is a lot nearer," the official, Virginia Barcones, told state television network TVE. The ones remaining were still very "treacherous",