https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Sparklers ignited a minor fire at a Madrid restaurant over the weekend, the owner said Wednesday, less than two weeks after a deadly blaze at a Swiss bar also linked to pyrotechnics. https://www.thelocal.es/20260115/sparklers-start-fire-at-restaurant-in-spain-after-swiss-blaze Thu, 15 Jan 2026 10:54:15 +0100 sparklers-start-fire-at-restaurant-in-spain-after-swiss-blaze A fire at a historic mosque-turned-cathedral in Córdoba in southern Spain caused only "very localised damage," the city's mayor said Saturday as the site reopened to the public. https://www.thelocal.es/20250809/fire-extinguished-historic-mosque-cathedral-in-southern-spain-saved Sat, 09 Aug 2025 09:00:33 +0200 fire-extinguished-historic-mosque-cathedral-in-southern-spain-saved Here is some useful advice on how to prevent wildfires in Spain and what you should do and what you should not do if you see a blaze. https://www.thelocal.es/20210722/what-to-do-and-what-to-avoid-if-you-witness-a-forest-fire-in-spain Thu, 22 Jul 2021 12:35:58 +0200 what-to-do-and-what-to-avoid-if-you-witness-a-forest-fire-in-spain Spanish firefighters on Friday were bringing under control a forest fire near Madrid that had cloaked the capital in a huge cloud of acrid smoke. https://www.thelocal.es/20250718/firefighters-bring-fire-near-madrid-under-control Fri, 18 Jul 2025 14:58:01 +0200 firefighters-bring-fire-near-madrid-under-control A giant cloud of acrid smoke caused by a forest fire enveloped Madrid on Thursday in a summer expected to spark increasingly fierce blazes in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20250717/giant-cloud-of-forest-fire-smoke-smothers-madrid Thu, 17 Jul 2025 23:33:13 +0200 giant-cloud-of-forest-fire-smoke-smothers-madrid A blaze erupted in a retirement home in northeastern Spain killing an 93-year-old man died and injuring 19 others, officials said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.es/20250607/one-dead-19-injured-in-spain-retirement-home-fire Sat, 07 Jun 2025 16:20:23 +0200 one-dead-19-injured-in-spain-retirement-home-fire Spanish authorities told almost 80,000 residents near the southern city of Seville to stay indoors on Wednesday after a fire at a chemical products warehouse spread a giant plume of smoke. https://www.thelocal.es/20250515/spain-chemical-depot-blaze-sparks-stay-at-home-order-for-almost-80000 Thu, 15 May 2025 11:00:46 +0200 spain-chemical-depot-blaze-sparks-stay-at-home-order-for-almost-80000 A fire erupted Friday in a home for the elderly and those with mental health issues in the Zaragoza town of Villafranca de Ebro, killing 10 people and critically injuring two. https://www.thelocal.es/20241115/fire-in-spanish-care-home-kills-10-and-injures-2 Fri, 15 Nov 2024 11:45:51 +0100 fire-in-spanish-care-home-kills-10-and-injures-2 An explosion early Saturday caused a building to collapse in the northern Spanish city of Santander, killing three people, emergency services said. https://www.thelocal.es/20241026/explosion-in-spanish-building-kills-three Sat, 26 Oct 2024 16:17:41 +0200 explosion-in-spanish-building-kills-three A huge fire which ripped through a residential high-rise block in Spain's Mediterranean port city of Valencia last month, killing ten, was probably caused by a faulty electrical appliance, authorities said Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20240312/faulty-electrical-appliance-caused-high-rise-fire-in-spains-valencia Tue, 12 Mar 2024 10:02:17 +0100 faulty-electrical-appliance-caused-high-rise-fire-in-spains-valencia A fire that broke out in a building in the Alicante province town of Villajoyosa has killed a family of three, including a five-year-old boy, just ten days after the huge blaze in an apartment block in Valencia. https://www.thelocal.es/20240304/fire-in-spains-alicante-kills-two-adults-and-one-child Mon, 04 Mar 2024 10:47:03 +0100 fire-in-spains-alicante-kills-two-adults-and-one-child Hundreds of people observed five minutes of silence in the Mediterranean port city of Valencia on Saturday to honour the 10 victims of a huge fire that ripped through a residential high-rise two days earlier. https://www.thelocal.es/20240225/valencia-falls-silent-to-recall-housing-block-inferno-victims Sun, 25 Feb 2024 11:47:08 +0100 valencia-falls-silent-to-recall-housing-block-inferno-victims The Ukrainian couple escaped the Russian invasion because they were staying in Israel. Then they missed the Gaza war because they had moved from Israel to Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20240224/in-minutes-we-lost-everything-spain-fire-survivors-destitute Sat, 24 Feb 2024 10:56:40 +0100 in-minutes-we-lost-everything-spain-fire-survivors-destitute The death toll from a fire which ripped through a 14-storey apartment block in Valencia, eastern Spain, rose from four to 10, regional administrator Pilar Bernabé said Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20240223/death-toll-from-spain-apartment-fire-climbs-to-10-official Fri, 23 Feb 2024 18:20:29 +0100 death-toll-from-spain-apartment-fire-climbs-to-10-official An elderly woman who was critically injured in a weekend fire at a Madrid retirement home succumbed to her injuries Monday, raising to three the number who died from the blaze, hospital sources said. https://www.thelocal.es/20240219/third-pensioner-dies-after-fire-at-spain-retirement-home Mon, 19 Feb 2024 16:23:09 +0100 third-pensioner-dies-after-fire-at-spain-retirement-home A fire that broke out in a Madrid nursing home early Sunday killed two women and injured at least 18 others, Spanish emergency services said. https://www.thelocal.es/20240218/breaking-fire-at-spain-nursing-home-kills-two-emergency-services Sun, 18 Feb 2024 12:53:26 +0100 breaking-fire-at-spain-nursing-home-kills-two-emergency-services Six people have been charged in Spain as part of a manslaughter probe into a deadly fire that killed 13 people inside a nightclub in October, a court said Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20231218/six-charged-in-spain-over-nightclub-fire-deaths Mon, 18 Dec 2023 17:22:45 +0100 six-charged-in-spain-over-nightclub-fire-deaths Three children and an adult died when a fire ripped through a building in the northwestern port city of Vigo early on Wednesday, officials said, just 10 days after another blaze claimed 13 lives at a nightclub in southern Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20231011/at-least-three-minors-die-in-fire-in-northwest-spain Wed, 11 Oct 2023 12:29:58 +0200 at-least-three-minors-die-in-fire-in-northwest-spain A Spanish court on Tuesday opened a manslaughter probe into a deadly fire that killed 13 people inside a nightclub which had ignored an earlier closure order. https://www.thelocal.es/20231003/spain-opens-manslaughter-probe-over-nightclub-fire-deaths Tue, 03 Oct 2023 16:17:12 +0200 spain-opens-manslaughter-probe-over-nightclub-fire-deaths A Spanish nightclub which was ravaged by fire over the weekend, killing 13 people, had been ordered shut in 2022, the deputy mayor of the southeastern city of Murcia said Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20231002/spanish-nightclub-hit-by-deadly-fire-ordered-shut-in-2022-city-hall Mon, 02 Oct 2023 15:58:19 +0200 spanish-nightclub-hit-by-deadly-fire-ordered-shut-in-2022-city-hall