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Spain's wildfires draw Pedro Sánchez from holiday as firefighter dies
Wildfires continued to rage on Monday morning in northwest Spain, particularly affecting Castile and Leon. There were 26 active fires in the region, according to news service Europa Press, ten of which were at the highest level of severity.
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.
