The European Union has sent two firefighting planes to Spain to help battle raging wildfires, after the country activated the bloc’s disaster assistance mechanism for the first time.
The assistance comes as the country recorded a third wildfire-related death on Thursday morning.
There are concerns the wildfires could continue to spread. Spain’s state weather agency Aemet forecasts that a heatwave will continue until Monday, with temperatures of up to 44C in some areas, as well as moderate winds.
Spain is the fifth European nation to request assistance with fighting wildfires. In Greece, 25,000 acres of land have burned since Tuesday.
unit5421 on
Can people please stop lighting forests on fire. Even accidentally made fires should be punished with extreme measures.
“Oopsie woophsie” is not an excuse when you destroy football fields of forest because you just had to smoke/barbecue/whatever in the woods.
kidno777 on
This is now a planet that repels our invasion. And we are not going to change anything to prevent it. It is devastating.
Agile-Assist-4662 on
Canada wishes you all the best of luck and stand in solidarity.
The US calls our government and complains that we should turn our fires off cause the smoke is ruining their BBQ’s.
Our neighbour sucks dog balls.
oeboer on
Note the scale bars on the map; miles shorter than km. Good grief.
GikFTW on
Note to people outside of Spain: Spain spends 500 millions of euros less than Portugal and Greece to combat wildfires.
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The European Union has sent two firefighting planes to Spain to help battle raging wildfires, after the country activated the bloc’s disaster assistance mechanism for the first time.
The assistance comes as the country recorded a third wildfire-related death on Thursday morning.
There are concerns the wildfires could continue to spread. Spain’s state weather agency Aemet forecasts that a heatwave will continue until Monday, with temperatures of up to 44C in some areas, as well as moderate winds.
Spain is the fifth European nation to request assistance with fighting wildfires. In Greece, 25,000 acres of land have burned since Tuesday.
Can people please stop lighting forests on fire. Even accidentally made fires should be punished with extreme measures.
“Oopsie woophsie” is not an excuse when you destroy football fields of forest because you just had to smoke/barbecue/whatever in the woods.
This is now a planet that repels our invasion. And we are not going to change anything to prevent it. It is devastating.
Canada wishes you all the best of luck and stand in solidarity.
The US calls our government and complains that we should turn our fires off cause the smoke is ruining their BBQ’s.
Our neighbour sucks dog balls.
Note the scale bars on the map; miles shorter than km. Good grief.
Note to people outside of Spain: Spain spends 500 millions of euros less than Portugal and Greece to combat wildfires.