Fire in Chaves in Portugal with 90% of the blaze extinguished

The fire that broke out on 30 July in Chaves still has a few hotspots that need to be brought under control, particularly near the A24 motorway, but is 90 per cent under control, a Civil Protection source told Lusa.

Wildfires threatening areas near Madrid have stopped spreading and there are "almost no flames", Spanish authorities said Thursday as a new fire in western in Spain forced the evacuation of 600 people.