Spain is deploying 500 more soldiers to help battle wildfires that have ravaged parched woodlands during a prolonged heatwave ...

The new deployment of firefighting soldiers will help douse the 20 or so active large-scale wildfires in Spain that have ...

Spain is deploying 500 more soldiers to help battle wildfires that have ravaged parched woodlands during a prolonged heatwave, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said.

Spain is deploying 500 more soldiers to help battle wildfires that have ravaged parched woodlands during a prolonged heatwave, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said.

Firefighters are tackling 12 major wildfires in Galicia, all of them near the city of Ourense, the head of the Galician regional government Alfonso Rueda told a press conference with Sánchez.

Firefighters remain focused on 12 major wildfires near the northwestern city of Ourense, where regional leader Alfonso Rueda said evacuations and lockdowns were underway to protect homes.

Alfonso Rueda, head of the Galician regional government, said lockdowns were in place and evacuations were being carried out, with homes "still under threat".