Spanish PM says priority is to 'save lives' as fires burnt 25,000 hectares west of Madrid
An aerial picture taken in the morning of July 25, 2026 shows the burnt landscape amid a wildfire in Fresnedillas area, near El Escorial, 60 kms northwest of Madrid. OSCAR DEL POZO / AFP Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Saturday, July 25, the priority in tackling the wildfires raging west of Madrid was to "save lives", warning that a "complex" fight lay ahead. "Our priority, our thinking, our aim is for your lives, to save your lives and protect inhabited areas," Sanchez told reporters in a village in the fire zone.
- ▪An aerial picture taken in the morning of July 25, 2026 shows the burnt landscape amid a wildfire in Fresnedillas area, near El Escorial, 60 kms northwest of Madrid.
- ▪OSCAR DEL POZO / AFP Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Saturday, July 25, the priority in tackling the wildfires raging west of Madrid was to "save lives", warning that a "complex" fight lay ahead.
- ▪"Our priority, our thinking, our aim is for your lives, to save your lives and protect inhabited areas," Sanchez told reporters in a village in the fire zone.
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An aerial picture taken in the morning of July 25, 2026 shows the burnt landscape amid a wildfire in Fresnedillas area, near El Escorial, 60 kms northwest of Madrid. OSCAR DEL POZO / AFP Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Saturday, July 25, the priority in tackling the wildfires raging west of Madrid was to "save lives", warning that a "complex" fight lay ahead. "Our priority, our thinking, our aim is for your lives, to save your lives and protect inhabited areas," Sanchez told reporters in a village in the fire zone.
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