All the Mediterranean is at the mercy of the fiery storm with large fires be today (12.8.2025) to SpainTurkey and Greece. In Madrid the situation is dramatic, as a man lost his life, and dozens saw their homes become ash.
Firefighters in Spain managed to control forest fire that burned near the capital of the country, Madrid, in the Tres Kantos area. However, the risk of rejuvenation has not gone.
The favorable conditions at night allowed the fire to be brought under control, the Madrid community said in a statement.
A man, who had been helicopter -decorated at La Path Hospital as had been burned in 98% of his bodyhe died later, the Madrid community noted.
“I am deeply sorry for the death of a man who had been seriously injured in the forest fire of Tra Kantos,” the president of Madrid Isabeli Diath Ayoussos said in a post on social media.
The fire in the suburb of Trres Kantos north of Madrid burned an area of more than 10,000 acres.
According to the Spanish meteorological service Aemet, today a prolonged heat wave continued in Spain, with temperatures expected to reach 44 degrees Celsius in some regions.
According to scientists, the warmest and drier summers in the Mediterranean regulate it at a high risk of forest fires. Once fires, dry vegetation and strong winds can lead to their rapid spread, as well as raging uncontrollably, sometimes causing “fiery turbines”.