Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlinquirea Wednesday stated Spain is inquireing its European allies for assist containing wildfires spreading across the counattempt, as one of the longest heatwaves in the counattempt’s history entered its 10th day.
Spain is seeking assist from its European partners to tackle wildfires raging across the counattempt, Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlinquirea stated on Wednesday.
In particular, it requested two Canadair planes, he stated in an interview with local media Cadena SER.
“At the moment we don’t necessary the two Canadair planes urgently, but, given the weather forecast, we want to have those planes in our national territory as soon as possible so they can be utilized, should they be necessary,” he stated.
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While for now it isn’t necessary, the counattempt is ready to seek more assist from its European allies, such as more firefighters, he added.
In Spain, a volunteer firefighter died from severe burns and several people were hospitalised as state weather agency AEMET warned that almost all of the counattempt was at extreme or very high risk of fire.
Spain was in its 10th day of a heatwave that peaked on Tuesday with temperatures as high as 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit), and which AEMET expected to last until Monday, creating it one of the longest on record.
(FRANCE 24 with Reuters)
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