{"id":1987,"date":"2026-08-05T08:11:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T08:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asianewscast.com\/?p=1987"},"modified":"2026-08-05T08:11:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T08:11:49","slug":"as-spain-grieves-recurrent-heatwaves-stir-fears-of-more-wildfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asianewscast.com\/?p=1987","title":{"rendered":"As Spain grieves, recurrent heatwaves stir fears of more wildfires"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__divider\">\n<div class=\"listen-to-article\"><button class=\"listen-to-article__button\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-button\"><title>Listen<\/title>Listen (6 mins)<\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share__update-reading-list-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"update-reading-list\">\n<p class=\"update-reading-list__button-text\">Save<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click here to share on social media<\/div>\n<p><title>share-nodes<\/title><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<div class=\"rich-share__links rich-share__links--row\" data-testid=\"share-links\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__social rich-share__social--row\"><a class=\"rich-share__social-link row\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Faje.news%2Fyz77fr\"><title>facebook<\/title><\/a><a class=\"rich-share__social-link row\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=As%20Spain%20grieves%2C%20recurrent%20heatwaves%20stir%20fears%20of%20further%20wildfires&amp;source=sharethiscom&amp;related=sharethis&amp;via=AJEnglish&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Faje.news%2Fyz77fr\"><title>x<\/title><\/a><a class=\"rich-share__social-link row u-hidden--desktop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Share on Whatsapp\" href=\"\/\/send?text=https%3A%2F%2Faje.news%2Fyz77fr\"><title>whatsapp-stroke<\/title><\/a><a class=\"rich-share__social-link row copylink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Copy link\" href=\"https:\/\/aje.news\/yz77fr\"><title>copylink<\/title><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"google-preferred-source\"><button class=\"google-preferred-source__button\" aria-label=\"Add Al Jazeera on Google\" data-testid=\"google-preferred-source-button\"><title>google<\/title><span class=\"google-preferred-source__text\">Add Al Jazeera on Google<\/span><\/button><button aria-label=\"See more of Al Jazeera\u2019s trusted journalism by adding us as a preferred source on Google.\" class=\"tooltip-accessible_trigger\"><title>info<\/title><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-featured__media\">\n<figure class=\"article-featured-image\">\n<div class=\"responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG-20260728-WA0004-1785855977.jpg?resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Spain wildfires\"><\/div><figcaption>Ferran Dalmau, an expert firefighting analyst with the Spanish Interior Ministry, has seen the devastating impact of fires up close. He told Al Jazeera that between 70,000 and 80,000 hectares of land were destroyed in July [Courtesy of Ferran Dalmau]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-info m--t-20 m--desktop-b-30 m--b-mobile-20\">\n<div class=\"byline byline--single-avatar\">\n<div class=\"avatars-container\"><a class=\"avatar\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"\/author\/graham_keeley_191119183916518\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/94764ddd72a847529aa5049fb3a496cb_6.jpeg?resize=96%2C96&amp;quality=80\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline-content\">\n<div class=\"contributors-list contributors-list--byline\"><span class=\"contributors-list__by-prefix\">By <\/span><a href=\"\/author\/graham_keeley_191119183916518\">Graham Keeley<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<div class=\"date-simple\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 5 Aug 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">5 Aug 2026<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p><strong>Madrid, Spain \u2013 <\/strong>Sally Chapman was watching the Wimbledon tennis championship on television when she noticed a \u201ccommotion\u201d outside their home in Bedar, a tiny village in southern Spain, so her husband went outside to investigate.<\/p>\n<p>So began what she remembers as the worst night of her life.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"more-on__list\">\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 1 of 3<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/news\/2026\/8\/2\/firefighting-helicopters-collide-near-athens-as-greece-battles-wildfires\">Two killed as Greek firefighting helicopters collide in midair<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 2 of 3<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/features\/2026\/8\/3\/new-summers-how-heatwaves-and-wildfires-change-life-across\">Dangerous summers: How heatwaves and wildfires change life across Europe<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 3 of 3<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/gallery\/2026\/8\/3\/wildfires-still-burning-in-france-and-spain-amid-fears-of-more-to-come\">Photos: Wildfires devastate France and Spain as climate change fuels heat<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>It was July 9 and the forest fire that raged in Bedar and Los Gallardos, in Almeria, ultimately killed 14 people and saw more than 1,500 people evacuated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were five British people, friends of mine and others in the village, who died in the fire that night. Another close female friend is still fighting for her life in hospital,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was probably the most terrifying thing that has ever happened. As we left [as evacuees], there were plumes of white smoke. I thought, \u2018Oh my goodness, our house is going to burn.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the night of the fire, when they reached the nearby village of Lubrin, they received an \u201camazing response\u201d and were offered a bed in a woman\u2019s house.<\/p>\n<p>The Almeria fire was among the deadliest blazes in Spain in recent years. As it spread, other forest fires threatened parts of France and Greece.<\/p>\n<p>Chapman returned home days later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut what happens is there is a kind of survivor\u2019s guilt,\u201d the 62-year-old retired mediator told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4828691\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4828691\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4828691\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-07-11T221105Z_151078646_RC2VBMA3AGNE_RTRMADP_3_EUROPE-WEATHER-SPAIN-WILDFIRE-VICTIM-1785852945.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Thomas-Wolf Verdonckt is comforted by his partner in the area where his father, 63-year-old Stanislas Verdonckt, was killed in deadly wildfires affecting Almeria province, in Bedar, Spain, July 11, 2026 [Reuters]\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4828691\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thomas-Wolf Verdonckt is comforted by his partner in the area where his father, 63-year-old Stanislas Verdonckt, was killed in deadly wildfires affecting Almeria province, in Bedar, Spain, July 11, 2026 [Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"this-can-t-happen-again\">\u2018This can\u2019t happen again\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Bedar, a tiny village of just more than 1,000 residents, has one local police officer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container--ads in-article-ads\">\n<div class=\"ads\"><span class=\"ads__title\"> Advertisement <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chapman said church bells were rung and neighbours warned them to leave. A passing civil guard officer also told them to go the same way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis tragedy will never be forgotten. The ninth of July was a dark day for Bedar. What could have gone wrong did go wrong,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Chapman is part of a residents\u2019 group campaigning to stop a repeat of this tragedy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4828682\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4828682\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4828682\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-04-at-13.06.39-1785852857.jpeg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C578&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"A group of Bedar residents has held meetings about the wildfires, with the aim of preventing further disasters [Courtesy of Sally Chapman]\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4828682\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A group of Bedar residents has held meetings about the wildfires, with the aim of preventing further disasters [Courtesy of Sally Chapman]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis can\u2019t happen again. We are going to be pressing any political party to put in the protocols to stop this happening again,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>As wildfires have been tearing through forests across Europe, forcing residents to flee and filling the sky with smoke, Ferran Dalmau has been a front-line witness to the chaos they are wreaking across the continent.<\/p>\n<p>An expert firefighting analyst with the Spanish Ministry of Interior, Dalmau has been working with a small team to try to stop the flames destroying more homes and livelihoods and threatening lives.<\/p>\n<p>Though many of the blazes are starting to ease, there are concerns that intense heatwaves raise the risk of more fires.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4828687\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4828687\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4828687\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-07-10T195032Z_1909690498_RC27BMAHLTVO_RTRMADP_3_EUROPE-WEATHER-SPAIN-WILDFIRE-1785852938.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"A damaged home remains amidst a burned area following deadly wildfires affecting Almeria province, in Bedar, Almeria, Spain, July 10, 2026. REUTERS\/Loyola Perez de Villegas Muniz\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4828687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A damaged home remains amid a burned area following deadly wildfires affecting Almeria province, in Bedar, Almeria, Spain, July 10, 2026 [Loyola Perez de Villegas Muniz\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In southwest France\u2019s Gironde region and the mountainous Var department, wildfires scorched tens of thousands of hectares before stabilising. Officials say the country\u2019s largest blaze since 1949 is now under control but still not fully extinguished.<\/p>\n<p>In central Spain, fires that burned through tens of thousands of hectares near Madrid have been brought under control, allowing many evacuees to return home, even as crews battle flare-ups and new hotspots in provinces including Leon and Caceres.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4828693\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4828693\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4828693\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-07-12T184445Z_2072713203_RC2ACMAEQHJ5_RTRMADP_3_EUROPE-WEATHER-SPAIN-WILDFIRE-1785852949.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Residents affected by deadly wildfires wait for access from police in order to return to their homes in Bedar, Almeria, Spain, July 12, 2026. REUTERS\/Ana Beltran\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4828693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Residents affected by deadly wildfires wait for access from police in order to return to their homes in Bedar, Almeria, Spain, July 12, 2026 [Ana Beltran\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Europe is the <a href=\"\/features\/2026\/8\/3\/new-summers-how-heatwaves-and-wildfires-change-life-across\">world\u2019s fastest-warming continent<\/a>, and scientists warn that rising temperatures, prolonged drought and strong winds are turning southern Europe, especially France and Spain, into a far more flammable landscape, with the number of summer days featuring fire-prone conditions more than doubling since the early 1980s.<\/p>\n<p>Dalmau, a volunteer member of the Forest Fires Assessment and Advisory Team (FAST), saw with his own eyes how huge blazes merged into one at Almorox in Toledo and in Avila \u2013 threatening to join a third to create one mammoth fire near Madrid.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container--ads in-article-ads\">\n<div class=\"ads\"><span class=\"ads__title\"> Advertisement <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe most recent data was that about 66,000 hectares [163,000 acres] was destroyed, but we think in the end the final area which was burned was between 70,000 and 80,000 [173,000 to 198,000 acres],\u201d he told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n<p>The three fires that merged into one were caused by \u201cgross carelessness involving heavy machinery, a vehicle that caught fire on a road, and alleged negligence near a housing development, and these factors converged to create the largest fire in our history,\u201d Dalmau said.<\/p>\n<p>As part of a group of experts working on the front line and remotely, he offers rare insight into the battle behind the scenes to try to bring these huge fires under control.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur work mainly involves behavioural analysis and supporting decision-making,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4828858\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4828858\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4828858\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1000251820-1785855973.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C359&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Ferran Dalmau, an expert firefighting analyst with the Spanish Interior Ministry, took this image of the efforts to prevent wildfires in southern Spain [Courtesy of Ferran Dalmau]\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4828858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ferran Dalmau, an expert firefighting analyst with the Spanish Interior Ministry, took this image of the efforts to prevent wildfires in southern Spain [Courtesy of Ferran Dalmau]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Like everyone else, he gets scared when faced with fires bearing down on him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a hazard of the job. In our trade, not being afraid can make you reckless. The important thing is not to let fear get the better of you. You must stay calm and put your knowledge into practice,\u201d Dalmau said. \u201cAnd remain calm in front of the team, of course, to help keep everyone calm. If you panic, you are a danger to yourself and everyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Courage, he said, is the ability to control fear \u201cand to use it to enhance your situational awareness\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Dalmau said the Navarre Forestry Agenda, a regional government body dedicated to improving firefighting methods, estimates that it costs $11,534 to firefight each hectare. This means that just combating the recent fires near Madrid has cost up to $923m.<\/p>\n<p>However, this does not include the cost of damage, restoration and environmental and economic impacts, he adds.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"an-absolute-disaster\">\u2018An absolute disaster\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>The Spanish government has not released a figure for the economic cost of fighting the recent fires around the capital.<\/p>\n<p>For Esteban Carrasco, the owner of the Monasterio de Pelayos campsite outside Madrid, the cost was all too obvious.<\/p>\n<p>He said about half of the mobile homes were burned down when the fire reached the site on July 24.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:block;position:relative;min-width:0px;max-width:770px\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAbout 200 campers had to evacuate. Their homes were destroyed. They come here every year to enjoy nature. But the homes on the other side of the road escaped the fire. It was an absolute disaster. It will take ages to rebuild, but at least no one was hurt,\u201d he told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n<p>In June, Spain announced a forest fire plan which involved 13 ministries, including the army, the forest fire brigades and state security forces, working together.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, Spain was forced to call for help for water-bombing planes from across Europe when the worst blazes in its history started in July<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ListenListen (6 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Ferran Dalmau, an expert firefighting analyst with the Spanish Interior Ministry, has seen the devastating impact of fires up close. 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