A Spanish man who fled a wildfire with his clothes in flames after trying to dig a trench to protect his town was in serious condition in hospital but managed to communicate with his wife, a family friend told Reuters on Tuesday.
Angel Martin Arjona ran out of towering flames after the wind changed direction and fire and smoke engulfed the digger he was operating in the northwestern town of Tabara in Zamora province, a scene caught on video by Reuters.
Family friend Jose Manuel Taba said he was in serious condition but had communicated with his wife in the early hours of Tuesday. The fire around Tabara has been brought under control but others continued to rage nearby, including around a wind farm. The blaze started in Losacio, Zamora, and has caused two deaths, left three people critically injured and seen more than 6,000 people evacuated, authorities said.
He said civilians should not approach an active wildfire and said even firefighters were forced to wait for "a window of opportunity" to act on them. However, he said civilians could move to tamp down fires in early stages.
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