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Fire in Spain: France firefighting planes to be coming

Madrid, Spain - At least 8000 hectares of wood were burned

A large fire has been burning Guadalajara’s forests in Central Spain for some days: toll was of 14 victims among firemen. Flames would have been started last Saturday due to a barbecue extinguishing’s failure after a pic-nic. The helicopters, nine airplanes and a brigade of paratroopers deployed by Madrid appeared insufficient for turning off the fire, so authorities asked France for sending on the...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 123962
Rome, Italy, 07/18/2005 16:59
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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