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Returning home after the wildfires, one Spanish village confronts what remains

Malaysia Times desk Original: Malay Mail 7/29 21:00 X
Returning home after the wildfires, one Spanish village confronts what remains
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NAVAS DEL REY, July 29 — Returning to her home at the heart of the wildfires near Madrid, Maria Paz Bolanos’s voice trembled as she declared it undamaged, by some...

From the original report

After flames forced her to evacuate the village of Navas del Rey, the facade and interior of her home were intact, with only the garden devastated by the flames.

“It must have been grandfather, my father in heaven, he somehow made it so the fire just came and stopped right there,” she told AFP, pointing to the spot where the blaze ended its course in the narrow garden.

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Malay Mail
Originally published
Jul 29, 2026
Updated here
Aug 15, 2026
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