Emergency services battle several wildfires in northern Spain as an unseasonable heatwave that gripped the country for the past week finally eased
There have been no reports of lives lost, but the flames reached the outskirts of some villages both in Zamora and in central Navarra.
The most alarming blaze in the northwestern Sierra de Culebra mountain range has already destroyed over 250 square kilometres, the regional government said on Sunday. It started on Wednesday during a dry thunderstorm but firefighters said cooler overnight temperatures had helped them make gains in their battle against the flames.
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