Applause and smiles that say a lot. In Bannea in Spain, fire victims that affect the country will finally return home, after days sleeping in a gym made available to the city.
“Finally, we can go home and sleep in our beds!” Moni was rejoiced in the BFMTV microphone.
The woman had to leave her home in a disaster with her family earlier this week. Back home, in the town of Poblaura in Yuso, 20 kilometers further, his house was completely saved from the flames. “Everything is as we leave. That’s enough. It’s amazing!” He said, kissing his daughter.
During the past week, Spain has faced fires of an exceptional intensity that has devastated at least 115,000 hectares, according to the El País newspaper count, and left three dead, including a civilian who lost his life when trying to extinguish a forest fire.
This Friday, 38 fires are still active in the Autonomous Communities of Castille-Et-León, Galice, Estremadure, Asturias and those of Valencienne. France sent two Canadair and a coordination plane to help Spanish firefighters.
More than 10,000 people
While some residents of interested regions have been authorized to recover their homes, others have not been so lucky. Many carbonized buildings, half destroyed by fires, fill the Spanish landscape.
According to the Spanish Ministry of Interior, more than 10,000 people have been evacuated since the beginning of this episode of fire. 11 Spanish roads, including two nationals, still remain closed, most of them in the provinces of Cáceres and Palencia, says the country.
In total, more than 148,000 hectares have left smoke in the country since January 2025, according to the European Forest Information System (EFFIS), and 200 fires have been recorded.
Source: BFM TV
