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Justice has paralysed for the moment the euthanasia of Marin Eugen Sabau, the gunman who shot his bosses and colleagues in a security company in Tarragona. According to Cadena Ser, the date of the assisted death of the author had been set on 28 July, but the magistrate of the examining magistrate number 5 of Tarragona has decided to stay the proceedings until the appeals filed by the victims are […]

The Fire Department of the Generalitat have reviewed in the early hours of this Wednesday the perimeter of the fire that has hit the town of Pont de Vilomara, in Barcelona. Between Sunday and Monday, the flames destroyed more than 1,700 hectares and dozens of homes were affected -some destroyed- by the virulence of the fire. Many neighbors have been left homeless. Responsible for everything, an arsonist that the Mossos […]

In Galicia the situation does not improve, and far from stabilising, it worsens day after day. There the fire, which is still raging, has already burned 30,000 hectares in a week, the same extent as in the last two years. Galicia is still burning and there is no rest even at night. Fire brigades working over the area say it’s still out of control. The main sources of concern are […]

Madrid is witnessing a new drama due to the heat wave, with a situation that is compromised: a second cleaner has suffered a heat stroke while performing his duties. The 58-year-old has been transferred to Hospital 12 de Octubre after suffering a fainting while doing his job and remains in serious condition. A few days ago, another cleaner had died as a result of another heat stroke. The latter’s son, […]

The plague of fires continues to spread, and forecasts do not rule out the appearance of new foci. The A2 motorway, Madrid-Zaragoza, one of the country’s central roads, was blocked due to the flames, and rail traffic with Aragon and Catalonia has also been paralysed for many hours this morning. Emergency services have had to evacuate several municipalities. At 22:00 yesterday Alhama de Aragón and Bubierca was evicted. Soon after, […]

The forest fires that hit the Peninsula by the heat wave continue to scorch hectares across the country. According to the territorial delegate of the Junta de Castilla y León in Zamora, Clara San Damián, warned on Monday that the situation in the area is "very serious" and that the day "will be very complicated, with a very adverse climate, strong winds and high temperatures". The flames in Losacio (Zamora) […]

The Zamora fires are leaving dramatic images, the last one has occurred just a few hours ago. The virulence of the flames has already claimed two lives: a brigadier who worked in the extinction and a shepherd who left home to try to rescue his sheep. Yesterday afternoon, the fire again showed its most damaging face. A worker who was part of Operation Infocal of the Junta was caught in […]

The Ministry of Health is now looking at two main causes of death in our country: COVID-19 and the heat wave that violently affects our country. In the second case, the figure was updated on Monday, accounting for a total of 510 deaths in seven days. 86.7% of the deceased were elderly, and they were 75 or older, so the number of young people who died is very small. Almost […]

Summer is always the season in which most forest fires occur in Spain. This year, the situation is being aggravated by the intense heat wave. These days, Spain is suffering from numerous forest fires. Of the fires, of particular concern is the fire in the Jerte Valley in Extremadura, which has burned more than 6,000 hectares and forced the evacuation of more than 700 people in the affected towns, the […]