Zaragoza wildfire nears 12,000 hectares and is Spain's biggest of the year

Spain is battling its largest wildfire of the year. According to Euronews, the Cinco Villas blaze in Zaragoza has burned nearly twelve thousand hectares and forced six villages to evacuate. Crews are also fighting fires in Guadalajara and Madrid, where more than two thousand people have been confined, while a separate blaze in Ciudad Real is now out after scorching eight hundred hectares.

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