# @cgtneurope on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Db5swabkiGG
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68914482-cgtneurope-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-11T13:30:50.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CGTN Europe (@cgtneurope) — https://gondola.cc/cgtneurope

## Caption

Firefighters and military units kept battling on August 11 as wildfires raged across Spain.⁣
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A large wildfire in southwestern Spain was burning beyond firefighters' ability to extinguish it on Monday, regional authorities said, as hot and windy weather fuelled other blazes raging across the country.⁣
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More than 600 firefighters backed by 26 water-dropping aircraft battled the blaze which broke out Thursday in the Andalusian province of Huelva, said the region's minister for emergencies, Antonio Sanz.⁣
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With consecutive heatwaves scorching much of Europe, the Mediterranean nation is facing a devastating summer wildfire season, with over 2,440 sq km of countryside burnt in 400 fires so far this year, according to estimates by the European Forest Fire Information System.⁣
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That is an area six times larger than at the same time last year, while across Europe, record heat and droughts this summer – which scientists say are exacerbated ​by global warming – have wreaked havoc on power production, shipping and public health systems.⁣
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#spain #wildfires #europe #fires

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spain, wildfires, fires, europe

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