12 killed in Spanish forest fire, 4 dead, 19 still missing; Fire is feared by an electric wire

At least 12 people have been killed in a massive forest fire in Andalusia in southern Spain on Friday. At the same time, 19 people are still missing. According to officials, this is one of the largest forest fire incidents in Spain. According to Reuters, four people were burnt alive in a car. The steering wheel of his car was on the right side, making him look British. At the same time, 7 people were also found dead while trying to flee from their car. Officials said they were trying to exit by a different route than the designated exit route and died there. Andalusia's emergency services said based on initial calls that the fire was caused by a broken electric wire, which quickly spread into the forest. On the other hand, a spokesman for the electricity company Endesa denied the claim, saying that the cable being discussed in the investigation did not have any current in it. So the exact cause of the fire is yet to be officially confirmed. 4 Photos of Massive Fires Heatwave Increases Wildfire Threat in Europe Extreme heat and heatwaves in Europe this year have greatly increased the risk of wildfires. Julien Marion, head of France's Civil Protection Agency, said the 2026 wildfire season had a "unusually fast start". According to him, the dense vegetation that grew from good winter and spring rains has now dried up in the scorching heat and is serving as fuel for the fire. More than 8,000 fires have burned nearly 100 square miles in France so far this year, almost double the number last year. More than 10,000 people have been forced to flee their homes due to fires in the Pyrenees region on the France-Spain border. In the town of Benhavis in Spain's Malaga region, about a thousand people were evacuated to safer places due to wildfires.