Spain Fire

A Mikel Merino goal in the penultimate minute of extra time grabbed Spain a dramatic 2-1 win over Germany to send them into the Euro 2024 semi-finals and keep their dreams of a record-breaking fourth European Championship title alive.

A sublime Lamine Yamal goal lifted Barcelona to a 1-0 win over a battling Real Mallorca as the La Liga champions climbed into second place in Spain on Friday.

At least four people were killed in a fire that engulfed an apartment building in Valencia in eastern Spain and up to 14 were missing, local authorities said on Friday.

Four minors have died in a fire in Vigo, a coastal city in northwestern Spain, emergency services said on Wednesday.

A Spanish nightclub which was ravaged by fire over the weekend, killing 13 people, had been ordered shut in 2022, the deputy mayor of the southeastern city of Murcia said Monday.

Emergency workers on Monday combed through the wreckage of a blaze that ripped through a packed Spanish nightclub complex over the weekend, killing 13 people, to try to understand the cause of the fire.

At least 13 people were killed in a fire in a Spanish nightclub on Sunday morning, authorities said, with fears the toll could still rise as rescue workers sift through the debris.

In a letter signed by its interim president Pedro Rocha, the RFEF offered its "most sincere apologies... for the totally unacceptable behaviour of its highest institutional representative during the final of the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 and in the moments that followed".

Emergency services said the fire was now affecting 10 towns, although 11 had been evacuated as a precaution.

Spanish officials said Saturday they had evacuated more than 2,500 people from La Palma in the Canary Islands, where fire has destroyed 4,500 hectares (11,000 acres) of land.

Hundreds of firefighters on Friday were battling Spain's first major forest fire of the year, which has so far forced 1,500 people to evacuate their homes, officials said.

Cristiano Ronaldo will aim to fire Portugal past Switzerland and into the World Cup quarter-finals on Tuesday as Morocco bid to derail Spain's bid for a second global crown.

Esha Gupta's printed co-ord set is breezy but could fire things up

A cry of "run, run, run, run" rang out across the hillside as a wall of flame fed by high winds swept down towards four Spanish firefighters, engulfing tinder-dry bracken seconds after they fled for their lives.

Passengers on board a train in Spain found themselves surrounded by flames on Monday as a wildfire tore through vegetation near the track in the north-western province of Zamora.

A Mikel Merino goal in the penultimate minute of extra time grabbed Spain a dramatic 2-1 win over Germany to send them into the Euro 2024 semi-finals and keep their dreams of a record-breaking fourth European Championship title alive.

A sublime Lamine Yamal goal lifted Barcelona to a 1-0 win over a battling Real Mallorca as the La Liga champions climbed into second place in Spain on Friday.

At least four people were killed in a fire that engulfed an apartment building in Valencia in eastern Spain and up to 14 were missing, local authorities said on Friday.

Four minors have died in a fire in Vigo, a coastal city in northwestern Spain, emergency services said on Wednesday.

A Spanish nightclub which was ravaged by fire over the weekend, killing 13 people, had been ordered shut in 2022, the deputy mayor of the southeastern city of Murcia said Monday.

Emergency workers on Monday combed through the wreckage of a blaze that ripped through a packed Spanish nightclub complex over the weekend, killing 13 people, to try to understand the cause of the fire.

At least 13 people were killed in a fire in a Spanish nightclub on Sunday morning, authorities said, with fears the toll could still rise as rescue workers sift through the debris.

In a letter signed by its interim president Pedro Rocha, the RFEF offered its "most sincere apologies... for the totally unacceptable behaviour of its highest institutional representative during the final of the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 and in the moments that followed".

Emergency services said the fire was now affecting 10 towns, although 11 had been evacuated as a precaution.

Spanish officials said Saturday they had evacuated more than 2,500 people from La Palma in the Canary Islands, where fire has destroyed 4,500 hectares (11,000 acres) of land.

Hundreds of firefighters on Friday were battling Spain's first major forest fire of the year, which has so far forced 1,500 people to evacuate their homes, officials said.

Cristiano Ronaldo will aim to fire Portugal past Switzerland and into the World Cup quarter-finals on Tuesday as Morocco bid to derail Spain's bid for a second global crown.

Esha Gupta's printed co-ord set is breezy but could fire things up

A cry of "run, run, run, run" rang out across the hillside as a wall of flame fed by high winds swept down towards four Spanish firefighters, engulfing tinder-dry bracken seconds after they fled for their lives.

Passengers on board a train in Spain found themselves surrounded by flames on Monday as a wildfire tore through vegetation near the track in the north-western province of Zamora.