Video & Transcript: Fires keep burning in southern Europe as army is deployed in Spain • FRANCE 24 English
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Residents in northwestern Spain work
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frantically alongside firefighters,
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using hoses and buckets to hold back the
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flames.
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They are desperately fighting to save
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their homes as wildfires continue to
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burn throughout the country.
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I was supposed to be in Bil Bao working,
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but I can't abandon my family or my
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village.
We've been working non-stop and
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haven't slept in 4 days helping
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surrounding villages. It's our turn, so
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we're here protecting our homes.
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Over a dozen major blazes are tearing
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through northern and northwestern Spain,
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a reminder of deadly fires that ravaged
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the country in 2022.
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Thousands of firefighters and military
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have been deployed.
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Similar scenes are playing out in
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Portugal. Locals in the village of
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Sapatia say they've had to face the
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flames themselves.
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It was very distressing. very
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distressing. There are no words, no help
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from anyone, just friends and the few of
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us who are here. Nothing else.
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It has been a brutal summer for
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wildfires in Europe. Blazes have
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devastated Albania, southern France, and
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Greece, where fires continue to burn.
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Countries across southern Europe remain
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on high alert.
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