British couple return to village at heart of deadly Spanish wildfire
•A British couple returned to their village in Bédar, Spain, after a deadly wildfire that killed at least 13 people.
•The wildfire consumed approximately 7,000 hectares of land and was fueled by strong winds.
•Emma and Simon Michell were relieved to find their home undamaged, while many neighbors faced destruction.
British couple return to village at heart of deadly Spanish wildfire Image caption, Emma and Simon Michell were relieved to find their home had not been damaged by the fireByNick BeakeEurope Correspondent in Bédar, south eastern SpainPublished43 minutes agoAs we climbed the winding road to Bédar, we emerged into a charred and desolate landscape.Molten car parts littered our path and out of the window we saw the whole hillside now coated in a dusty black.At least 13 people, including five believed to be Britons, were killed by Thursday's wildfire in Spain's Almeria province, one of the country's deadliest ever.The toll rose on Sunday after a 93-year-old woman, believed to be British, died of her injuries in hospital. The identities of those killed have not yet been officially confirmed.The fire, which has now been contained, burned through about 7,000 hectares (17,300 acres) of land, authorities said. The breadth of the damage on display was a vivid sign of the ferocity of the flames, which had been powered by winds of up to 50 km/h (31mph).To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, ‘This landscape is completely charred’: Inside the town at the centre of Spanish wildfiresBut as we drove further into the village it dawned on us just how many of the bright white Andalusian homes had seemingly been spared."This is our house and it survived," Emma Mitchell told us with a huge sigh of relief.She pointed across the valley to a property ringed by darkened trees and vegetation. But her eyes filled as she described driving past friends' houses that had not been so lucky.The couple were among about 600 of the nearly 1,500 people evacuated from the fire zone in Almería province who were told they could return on Sunday.Emma and her husband Simon moved three years ago to Bédar, where they looked after 15 chickens and spent time with their three dogs."When I look over there and I...المصدر: BBC News | Source: BBC News
→A British couple returned to their village in Bédar, Spain, after a deadly wildfire that killed at least 13 people.
→The wildfire consumed approximately 7,000 hectares of land and was fueled by strong winds.
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