Video of the incident, which took place near the town of Tábara in Zamora province on Monday afternoon, shows the vehicle engulfed in flames and disappearing behind plumes of smoke. Seconds later, the man emerges from the inferno with his clothes in tatters and flames flickering on his back. After stumbling and getting back to his feet, he manages to get rid of the flame. Regional emergency services said the man suffered serious burns. After being treated at a local medical center, he was airlifted to the Río Hortega University Hospital in Valladolid. Although temperatures across Spain are dropping as the eight-day heatwave comes to an end, dozens of fires – many of them still burning – have destroyed nearly 30,000 hectares (75,000 acres) of land across the country. Subscribe to First Edition, our free daily newsletter – every morning at 7am. BST On Monday, the Castilla y León regional government said the body of a 69-year-old man, reportedly a shepherd, was found in a burned area near the small town of Escober de Tábara in Zamora. The previous day, local authorities also confirmed the death of a firefighter, 62-year-old Daniel Gullón Vara. Speaking on a visit to the southwestern region of Extremadura on Monday morning, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez paid tribute to all those fighting the fires and said the events of recent days were further proof of the climate’s deadly effects. crisis. “I want to make something very clear,” he said. “Climate change kills: it kills people, as we have seen. it’s also killing our ecosystem, our biodiversity, and it’s also destroying the things we love as a society – our homes, our businesses, our animals.” Another video taken on Monday showed anxious train passengers trapped between two lines of fire as it stopped while heading from Madrid to the northwestern city of Ferrol. Heatwave in Spain: passengers stuck on train surrounded by fires – video “It was really scary to see how quickly the fire spread,” Francisco Seoane, who shot the video, told The Associated Press. “In the blink of an eye, a new bush started burning. It was a matter of seconds. Suddenly it was night and we could even smell the smoke.” Spain’s national rail company, Renfe, said no passengers were ever in danger.
