‘A vicious circle’: Spanish wildfire blamed on rural depopulation and climate change

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Old farming methods, which created natural breaks to help stop the spread of fires, have been abandoned as more people move to the cities, writes Graham Keeley

Thousands have fled the resort town of Estepona on the Costa del Solpain’s worst wildfire in recent memory was finally brought under control on Tuesday after claiming the life of one firefighter and forcing the evacuation of thousands. Fire chiefs and experts said the “super forest fire” was accelerated by rural depopulation and the climate crisis.

 

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Also to blame are lazy picnikers who don't put out the bbq, motorists who fling cigarette ends put of car windows, developers who want land reclassified so they can build holiday homes, farmers who don't control the burning of stubble or who set fire to encourage growth....

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