Spanish PM visits wildfire sites after flames claim two lives

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Spanish PM visits wildfire sites after flames claim two lives

STORY: Spanish PM visits wildfire sites after flames claim two lives DATELINE: July 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:53 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: POLITICS/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. shot of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez visiting wildfire sites 2. various of wildfires in Spain 3. shot of rescue teams 4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): PEDRO SANCHEZ, Spanish Prime Minister 5. various of wildfires in Spain STORYLINE: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez visited the region of Extremadura on Monday as firefighters continued to battle wildfires that claimed two lives over the weekend. The body of a 69-year-old shepherd was found in an area known as Las Hurdes, where flames have destroyed over 6,000 hectares of woodland and scrub, while a firefighter lost his life to forest fire in the province of Zamora (central Spain), which also saw two others taken to hospital with burns. The tragedies happened as Spain continues to suffer temperatures of over 40 degrees Celsius and even 45 degrees in some areas of the country, with flame

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