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Spain wildfire British victims investigation 2026
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FIRST ENTRY NOV 06
NOV 06 · Day 1
British families demand answers after Spain wildfire killed loved ones
Andalusia's emergencies chief Antonio Sanz said the region decided not to use the mobile phone emergency alert system because it could not be tailored to specific communities.
The governing People's Party and far-right Vox in the Andalusian parliament rejected a request for a commission of inquiry made by the opposition Socialist party.
Of the 15 people who died in Bédar, 14 were foreign nationals: nine British, three Belgian, one French, and one American; the other victim was Spanish.
“The only contact that the government managed to make with the victims was a couple of minutes before the flames engulfed everyone. One police car drove by with the sirens on. There was no talking, there was no messaging.”
THOMAS-WOLF VERDONCKT
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