Firefighters battle 'fire whirls' in northern Spain


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  • Monday, 11 Aug 2025

A warehouse burns in a wildfire in Cubo de Benavente, Spain, August 11, 2025. REUTERS/Susana Vera

CONGOSTA, Spain (Reuters) -Extreme heat and strong winds caused "fire whirls" as a blaze burned several houses and forced the evacuation of hundreds of people from near a UNESCO-listed national park in northern Spain, authorities said on Monday.

About 800 people were told to abandon their homes in half a dozen villages in the north of the Castile and Leon region, where several wildfires were raging.

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