
Volunteers distribute food to evacuees from the wildfire at the sports centre in Nules, near Castellon, 50 kms north of Valencia, in the evening of July 26, 2026. Spanish firefighters today battled a new front of fires near the coastal city of Valencia, where at least 15,000 people were evacuated. Spain has already evacuated tens of thousands of people from villages west of the capital Madrid where extremely dry conditions have been worsened by heatwaves and strong winds. In the Valencia region, on Spain's eastern coast, authorities said they were struggling to contain fires. (Photo by Jose JORDAN / AFP via Getty Images)


