Wind whips up fires on Spain’s Canary Islands
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- Wind whips up fires on Spain’s Canary Islands
- Forest fires rage in Spain Greece
- Spain’s Vocento sells remaining stake in Telecinco
- Six die in Spain tour-bus crash
- Spain knocks off US; Serbia beats Croatia
Wind whips up fires on Spain’s Canary Islands
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
1 2009 flames from a forest fire are seen on a hillside in Fuencaliente on the Canary Island of La Palma Spain. A forest fire fanned by high winds has forced the evacuation of about 4000 residents on the Canary Island of La Palma the Spanish government said Saturday. 1 2009 flames from a forest fire are seen on a hillside in Fuencaliente on the Canary Island of La Palma Spain. A forest fire fanned by high winds has forced the evacuation of about 4000 residents on the Canary Island of La Palma the Spanish government said Saturday.
Forest fires rage in Spain Greece
AFP
In Greece meanwhile firefighters supported by water-dropping planes were battling forest fires in the southern Peloponnese peninsula and the northeast region of Kavala. The two countries have been among the worst hit by wildfires that have swept across southern Europe in the past two weeks amid sizzling temperatures and fierce winds. Around 500 firefighters forest rangers and soldiers fought the flames on Spain’s small holiday island of La Palma and planes dumped water in an effort to bring the blazes under control. Fanned by strong winds the fires have now destroyed between 1500 and 2000 hectares (3700 to 4900 acres) of pine forest and dozens of homes since they broke out Friday night local authorities said.
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Spain’s Vocento sells remaining stake in Telecinco
Reuters
MC> sold its remaining 2. 9 percent stake in peer Telecinco<TL5. MC> on Friday for 7.
Six die in Spain tour-bus crash
BBC News
getEmpEmbeddedParams(”emp_8178505″);AdvertisementLocal media say the bus left the road on a bend hit a car and overturnedA tour-bus has crashed near Barcelona in north-eastern Spain killing at least six people and injuring about 40. Most of the casualties were reported to be Dutch tourists. The crash happened at about 2310 (2110 GMT) on Thursday at Sant Pol de Mar. Spanish media say the bus left the road on a bend hit a car and overturned. The Spanish driver of the bus was among those seriously hurt.
Spain knocks off US; Serbia beats Croatia
The Associated Press
; Serbia beats Croatia(AP)–2 days agoRME — Guillermo Molina scored three goals including the go-ahead score with 3:38 remaining and Spain advanced to the gold medal game of the men’s water polo world championships with a 7-6 victory over the United States on Thursday night. Layne Beaubien’s shot from 5 meters was stopped with 3 seconds remaining. Jeffrey Powers scored twice for the U. and Merrill Moses made 11 saves.
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