'Heart-breaking': Madrid wildfire leaves residents reeling after frantic evacuations
Wildfires 'Heart-breaking': Madrid wildfire leaves residents reeling after frantic evacuations AFP - [email protected] Published: 24 Jul, 2026 CET. Ecologio Cabrera, 86, struggled to comprehend the speed of the wildfire that forced him to flee his village west of the Spanish capital. "If you don't run from it and you try to face it, it devours you," he told AFP in a sports hall in the village of Vilamanta, where hundreds of evacuees have sought refuge.
- ▪Wildfires 'Heart-breaking': Madrid wildfire leaves residents reeling after frantic evacuations AFP - [email protected] Published: 24 Jul, 2026 CET.
- ▪Ecologio Cabrera, 86, struggled to comprehend the speed of the wildfire that forced him to flee his village west of the Spanish capital.
- ▪"If you don't run from it and you try to face it, it devours you," he told AFP in a sports hall in the village of Vilamanta, where hundreds of evacuees have sought refuge.
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Wildfires 'Heart-breaking': Madrid wildfire leaves residents reeling after frantic evacuations AFP - [email protected] Published: 24 Jul, 2026 CET. Updated: Fri 24 Jul 2026 16:59 CET Share Add a comment As many as 19,000 people have been evacuated following two major wildfires in central Spain. (Photo by Pierre-Philippe MARCOU / AFP) The wildfire, fuelled by high temperatures, dry vegetation and strong winds, has forced thousands of people from their homes in communities west of Madrid, leaving residents uncertain whether they will have anything to return to. Ecologio Cabrera, 86, struggled to comprehend the speed of the wildfire that forced him to flee his village west of the Spanish capital.
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