Spanish firefighters continued battling a new wildfire near the coastal city of Valencia on Sunday after at least 15,000 people were evacuated as flames spread rapidly through the area.
Authorities in the eastern Spanish region acknowledged they were struggling to contain the blaze, warning that its advance remained particularly concerning.
“The fire is currently beyond our suppression capacity. Its perimeter has reached around 21 kilometers, and it is still impossible to accurately assess the area that has been burned,” Valencia regional president Juanfran Pérez Llorca told reporters, adding that about 15,000 residents had been evacuated.
Further west, authorities on Saturday night ordered the evacuation of eight additional municipalities in the province of Toledo as another wildfire continued to spread.
The affected communities are Buenaventura, Navamorcuende, Real de San Vicente, Hinojosa de San Vicente, Castillo de Bayuela, Garciotum, Nuñogómez and Pelahustán, Spain’s Interior Ministry said on X.
Spain’s interior minister described the situation as “complex,” noting that nearly 60,000 people had already been evacuated across the Madrid region.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said emergency crews remained focused on “saving lives and protecting communities.”
The wildfires have already claimed one life. A person died Saturday near Valencia, according to the municipality of Manises.
Authorities remain on maximum alert as high temperatures and strong winds continue to fuel the spread of the fires.
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