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Wildfire near Valencia in Spain, population evacuated

started August 21, 2026 at 10:01 PM · last changed 2d ago

Summary

A wildfire in the Sierra Calderona nature park near Valencia broke out after a lightning strike on Thursday evening, prompting evacuation of the village of Gátova where several hundred to around 1,000 people were present. Military emergency units, fire brigades and helicopters were deployed, and the fire had consumed 423 hectares with a perimeter of 11.4 kilometers.

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Planuo novi veliki požar u Španjolskoj, evakuirano nekoliko stotina ljudi, dignuta i vojska Televizijske snimke prikazale su da je plamen već blizu naseljenog područja Vlasti

Locations

Severity60

Total — band napeto (40–69)

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