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Firefighters work as a fire progresses in the Fuente de Faro de Brantuas area in Ponteceso, northwest Spain, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025.

Video. Fires in northwest Spain destroy hundreds of hectares of forest

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Firefighters and residents in Ponteceso, in Galicia’s A Coruña province, are battling multiple wildfires that have destroyed at least 500 hectares of forest since Saturday afternoon.

The first blaze began in Balarés, in the parish of Cospindo, and was followed by four others in Brántuas, A Graña, Cores and Nemeño.

Two of the five fires, those in Cospindo and Cores, were stabilised by Sunday evening, while the others remained active.

Residents were evacuated from Balarés and O Osmo on Saturday as flames approached homes and beaches.

Officials suspect the newer fires were deliberately set, as they started separately from the initial blaze, which was linked to a downed power line.

Hundreds of emergency personnel, supported with aircraft and helicopters, have been deployed.

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