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Deadly Weekend: Multiple Road Crashes and an Active Wildfire Hit Spain

The concentrated toll forced large rescue operations and prompted criminal and traffic investigations.

Overview

  • A string of nighttime and early‑morning emergencies left at least 13 people dead and many injured across Spain this weekend, creating a high demand for firefighters, emergency medical teams and police.
  • A multi‑vehicle crash on the N‑340 in Benicàssim (Castellón) on Sunday morning resulted in four deaths and six serious injuries, with fire crews performing complex excarcerations and the Guardia Civil opening an atestado.
  • In Málaga an early‑morning collision on the A‑7 caused one car to fall down a ravine and killed three people while two others were injured and investigators from the Guardia Civil began reconstructing the crash.
  • A high‑speed police pursuit in Barcelona’s Poblenou ended in a collision at Pallars and Fluvià that killed the two drivers and seriously injured a third person, and local police units have taken over the inquiry into the chase and crash dynamics.
  • Separately, a wildfire between Tiana and Montgat remains active under ES‑Alert confinement orders for nearby towns, with about 15–20 ground crews and six aerial units deployed and one person reported detained in connection with the blaze.