let's turn to wildfires now which have
continued to break out in northern spain
following heat waves coursing through
the country the most serious one is in
the sierra del colebre mountain range
that's in the northwest of the country
and it has destroyed more than 20 000
hectares off woodland let's hear more
now from the bbc's azide moshiri
spain's wildfires are becoming
relentless
burning thousands more hectares of land
the spain suffers through its earliest
heatwave in decades
while officials say cooling temperatures
have helped them tackle some of these
blazes
not all regions have been so lucky
sierra de la culebra in northwestern
spain has seen some of the worst blazes
entire villages have had to be evacuated
with this sports center turned into a
shelter you
i didn't want to leave if they wouldn't
let me take the dogs we have to stay
here we don't know if the house is safe
or if it's burnt down
in the northeastern region of navarra
firefighters fought to protect a pig
farm near this blaze
and this is what's left of some of the
region's forests
scorched earth near villages in the area
we were afraid because we saw the fire
very close to the village we saw it
everywhere
these aren't the first wildfires spain
has seen but climate change increases
the risk of the hot dry weather that is
fueling these fires
and scientists say global warming is
making these extreme weather events
become more severe happen sooner than
usual and more frequently
for now the focus is on getting a handle
on the fires that are tearing through
spain's land
azide moshiri bbc news