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Almeria wildfire is now the third deadliest in Spanish historyA fire in Lloret de Mar in 1979 claimed 21 lives and another in La Gomera in 1984 claimed 20
Añádenos en Google The 2005 Guadalajara fire. (AFP)Madrid
10/07/2026 a las 10:36h.In the history of devastating forest fires in Spain, this week's wildfire in the municipality of Los Gallardos, in Almeria, is now the third ... deadliest.
The fire started on Thursday evening, claiming the lives of eleven people and injuring seven others. A team of 150 firefighters are still working in the area.
Lloret de Mar (21 victims): The forest fire in Lloret de Mar on 7 August 1979 claimed the lives of 21 people, most of whom were families with children who were spending the summer in the Els Pinars development and were unable to escape when the fire broke out.
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