A British family holidaying in Bédar described the “terrifying” experience of escaping one of Spain’s deadliest wildfires. According to Spanish authorities, twelve people in the town, including four Britons, died. Another 23 people remain missing. Lucinda Curtois, who arrived in Spain with her partner Riyaz Cheytan and their teenage children on Thursday, said they did
A British family holidaying in Bédar described the “terrifying” experience of escaping one of Spain’s deadliest wildfires.
According to Spanish authorities, twelve people in the town, including four Britons, died. Another 23 people remain missing.
Lucinda Curtois, who arrived in Spain with her partner Riyaz Cheytan and their teenage children on Thursday, said they did not “expect to hit a wall of fire.”
They later discovered that some close friends of the family had lost their lives.
“They left their house on foot, I don’t know why,” he said. “I can only assume it was probably because their road was cut off because they live in the countryside.”
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