Strong winds have hampered efforts to contain unremitting wildfires that continue to spread in Spain despite lower temperatures, as the death toll in Portugal has climbed to three people after a man was killed while helping fight fires there along the Iberian Peninsula.
Firefighters, backed by troops and water-dropping aircraft, were battling 21 blazes in western Spain classified as “operational level two”, meaning they pose a direct threat to nearby communities, said Virginia Barcones, director general of emergency services on Wednesday.
