Never seen anything like Spain’s blaze: Firefighters

Barcelona, Jul 28 (AP): Spanish firefighter Javier Garcia has never faced anything like the record blaze raging near Madrid in his two decades protecting woodlands and rural communities. Climate change is fanning the flamesGarcia works with one of Spain’s emergency wildfire brigades, which deploy to help regional firefighters when they need help. The Guadalajara fire consumed 320 square kilometers (123 square miles), making it Spain’s third largest on record. Fires have burned 1,530 square kilometers (590 square miles) this year in Spain — six times the area scorched by blazes in the first half of 2025, Sara Aagesen, the ecology minister, has said. Vegetation now grows right up to homes, Guerrero said.