Spain's wildfires draw Pedro Sánchez from holiday as firefighter dies
The fires claimed another victim on Sunday after a firefighter died when the vehicle he was driving overturned on the way to battle a blaze in Leon province. A fellow firefighter was injured in the incident, according to Spanish media, with the cause of the crash yet to be determined.
The accident took place on a forest track in the small municipality of Espinoso de Compludo, near the city of Ponferrada.
In the past week three people have died in Leon as a result of the fires, with the total death toll now standing at four. A firefighter was also killed in Portugal on Sunday, in a road accident, taking the death toll to two in the country.
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