'This landscape is completely charred': Inside the village at epicentre of Spain's wildfires

'This landscape is completely charred': Inside the village at epicentre of Spain's wildfiresTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be played'This landscape is completely charred': Inside the village at epicentre of Spain's wildfiresCloseThe BBC's Nick Beake sees homes razed to the ground and "a sea of black" in the village of Bédar, in southern Spain's Almería province. The blaze spread rapidly through the region on Thursday and hundreds of firefighters have been battling the fires, which have claimed the lives of 12 people. Wildfires have burned through 6,600 hectares (16,300 acres), according to local authorities. A sustained heatwave with temperatures of around 40C (104F) has caused wildfires across Southern Europe this summer, particularly in France, Portugal and Spain.SubsectionEuropePublished35 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated topicsWildfiresFollow Wildfiresclose panelYou are now following WildfiresUpdates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage.SpainFollow Spainclose panelYou are now following SpainUpdates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage.EuropeFollow Europeclose panelYou are now following EuropeUpdates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage.Severe weatherFollow Severe weatherclose panelYou are now following Severe weatherUpdates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage.Read description