Spain lifts evacuations for wildfire province near Madrid

The fire had forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people.

Mass evacuations and lockdowns began to be lifted gradually across wildfire-hit areas of Spain on Tuesday, allowing thousands of people to return home and assess the damage done to their homes and territories.

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