JAKARTA - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday, July 13 local time, visited the site of one of the worst forest fires in Spain this year, which has killed 13 people.
Citing AFP, Sanchez in the agenda met emergency services firefighters (damkar) in the Municipality of Turre, Almeria Province, who were still struggling to put out the fire that continued to spread on steep terrain.
Forest fires since Thursday, July 9, have hit the province of Almeria, known for its beautiful rural settlements and now a ghost town.
The fire spread rapidly to 100 meters per minute at its peak last week, resulting in many victims being trapped in vehicles or on foot as they tried to escape.
Andalusia regional authorities said on Sunday that a 93-year-old British woman injured in the forest fire had died in hospital, bringing the death toll to 13.
Authorities announced that they still could not provide a definitive number of missing people until the results of the autopsy and identification of the bodies were completed.
British, Belgian, and French authorities are involved in helping provide genetic profiles of the victims' relatives.
For now, authorities suspect that the trigger for the forest fire was due to a broken electrical line, which burned vegetation that had dried out after a hot weather that pushed the temperature above 40 degrees Celsius.
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