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Local Spain
5 days ago
- Climate
- Local Spain
Firefighters bring fire near Madrid under control
fire Spanish firefighters on Friday were bringing under control a forest fire near Madrid that had cloaked the capital in a huge cloud of acrid smoke. The blaze that broke out on Thursday around 50 kilometres (30 miles) southwest of the city had burned 3,100 hectares (7,660 acres), the Madrid region's leader Isabel Diaz Ayuso wrote on X. More than 100 firefighters and the Spanish army's emergencies unit were deployed on the ground and in the air to extinguish the flames. "The fire is now contained," Madrid's emergency services agency said, warning that the wind forecast for Friday "could make the work difficult". Madrid's civil protection authority advised people to stay indoors on Thursday as the gigantic cloud of orange and grey smoke hung over the city, recommending masks to avoid inhaling ash. Normality was returning on Friday in the municipalities closest to the fire, with a major motorway reopened and clear skies in Madrid. Although the cause of the fire is unknown, Spain is experiencing hotter summers stoked by human-induced climate change, which increases the length, frequency and intensity of wildfires. More than 25,000 hectares have burned so far this year, according to the European Forest Fire Information System. See Also
New Straits Times
5 days ago
- Climate
- New Straits Times
Spain taming fire that belched smoke cloud over Madrid
MADRID: Spanish firefighters today were bringing under control a forest fire near Madrid that had cloaked the capital in a huge cloud of acrid smoke. The blaze that broke out yesterday around 50km southwest of the city had burned 3,100ha, the Madrid region's leader Isabel Diaz Ayuso wrote on X. More than 100 firefighters and the Spanish army's emergencies unit were deployed on the ground and in the air to extinguish the flames. "The fire is now contained," Madrid's emergency services agency said, warning that the wind forecast for today "could make the work difficult". Madrid's civil protection authority advised people to stay indoors yesterday as the gigantic cloud of orange and grey smoke hung over the city, recommending masks to avoid inhaling ash. Normality was returning today in the municipalities closest to the fire, with a major motorway reopened and clear skies in Madrid. Although the cause of the fire is unknown, Spain is experiencing hotter summers stoked by human-induced climate change, which increases the length, frequency and intensity of wildfires. More than 25,000ha have burned so far this year, according to the European Forest Fire Information System. — AFP
France 24
5 days ago
- Climate
- France 24
Spain taming fire that belched smoke cloud over Madrid
The blaze that broke out on Thursday around 50 kilometres (30 miles) southwest of the city had burned 3,100 hectares (7,660 acres), the Madrid region's leader Isabel Diaz Ayuso wrote on X. More than 100 firefighters and the Spanish army's emergencies unit were deployed on the ground and in the air to extinguish the flames. "The fire is now contained," Madrid's emergency services agency said, warning that the wind forecast for Friday "could make the work difficult". Madrid's civil protection authority advised people to stay indoors on Thursday as the gigantic cloud of orange and grey smoke hung over the city, recommending masks to avoid inhaling ash. Normality was returning on Friday in the municipalities closest to the fire, with a major motorway reopened and clear skies in Madrid. Although the cause of the fire is unknown, Spain is experiencing hotter summers stoked by human-induced climate change, which increases the length, frequency and intensity of wildfires.
Time of India
5 days ago
- Climate
- Time of India
Spain taming fire that belched smoke cloud over Madrid
Spain taming fire that belched smoke cloud over Madrid (Image: AP) MADRID: Spanish firefighters on Friday were bringing under control a forest fire near Madrid that had cloaked the capital in a huge cloud of acrid smoke. The blaze that broke out on Thursday around 50 kilometres (30 miles) southwest of the city had burned 3,100 hectares (7,660 acres), the Madrid region's leader Isabel Diaz Ayuso wrote on X. More than 100 firefighters and the Spanish army's emergencies unit were deployed on the ground and in the air to extinguish the flames. "The fire is now contained," Madrid's emergency services agency said, warning that the wind forecast for Friday "could make the work difficult". Madrid's civil protection authority advised people to stay indoors on Thursday as the gigantic cloud of orange and grey smoke hung over the city, recommending masks to avoid inhaling ash. Normality was returning on Friday in the municipalities closest to the fire, with a major motorway reopened and clear skies in Madrid. Although the cause of the fire is unknown, Spain is experiencing hotter summers stoked by human-induced climate change, which increases the length, frequency and intensity of wildfires. More than 25,000 hectares have burned so far this year, according to the European Forest Fire Information System.
Reuters
09-06-2025
- Politics
- Reuters
Spain's top prosecutor poised to face trial over leak accusation
MADRID, June 9 (Reuters) - Spain's Supreme Court is set to put the prosecutor general on trial over allegations of leaking confidential information in a tax fraud case involving the partner of a leading opposition figure, according to a court document seen by Reuters on Monday. The case is at the heart of frictions between Spain's centre-left national government and the right-wing leader of the Madrid region, Isabel Diaz Ayuso, with each side accusing the other of corruption. The investigative judge's decision that the case against Prosecutor General Alvaro Garcia Ortiz warrants trial is unprecedented since Spain's return to democracy in 1978. The government appointed Garcia Ortiz, 57, to the post in August 2022. A member of a progressive jurists' association, he has a background in environmental law and led the public prosecution in the high-profile Prestige oil spill. In his writ, judge Angel Hurtado said there was enough evidence to proceed against Garcia Ortiz on accusations of sharing with media the contents of an email exchange between the lawyer representing Ayuso's boyfriend, Alberto Garcia Amador, and the regional prosecutor's office. Hurtado's decision can still be appealed. In the leaked email, Garcia Amador's attorney offered his client's admission to two counts of tax fraud in exchange for a negotiated settlement with Madrid prosecutors to avoid jail penalties. Garcia Amador later testified in court that he had no knowledge of the proposed deal. Hurtado, who launched the case last October, said the email held sensitive personal information, protected under lawyer-prosecutor confidentiality, and claimed that Garcia Ortiz acted under instructions from Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's office in order to "win the narrative". Sanchez said at the time that the prosecutor was "doing his job, going after delinquents". The judge said Garcia Ortiz had erased data from his mobile devices during the investigation, which he labelled an act of "obstruction of justice". Garcia Ortiz has refused to resign and repeatedly defended his innocence and impartiality. His office said in a statement on Monday he would "continue defending the actions and integrity of the institution he represents". Justice Minister Felix Bolanos said he had full confidence in Garcia Ortiz and called him an "exemplary public servant".
