Twelve of thirteen Spanish wildfire dead are foreign nationals, De Morgen reports
Twelve of the thirteen people killed in a wildfire in Spain were foreign nationals, the Flemish daily De Morgen reported in live coverage on 4 August 2026. In Canada, a freight train came to a standstill as a wildfire closed in along its route.
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- De Morgen reported on 4 August 2026 that twelve of thirteen people killed in a wildfire in Spain were foreign nationals.
- De Morgen reported that a freight train came to a standstill during a wildfire in Canada.
- The report did not specify the affected regions, the nationalities of the Spanish victims, or whether the Canadian train's crew was injured.
- No Belgian victims have been confirmed and no independent corroboration of the figures was available for this report.
Two simultaneous wildfire incidents reported in a De Morgen live blog on 4 August 2026: a fatal fire in Spain in which twelve of thirteen dead were foreign nationals, and a fire in Canada that immobilised a freight train. The entities named in the available report are De Morgen (the reporting Flemish newspaper), Spain and Canada as the affected countries; specific regions, agencies and victim nationalities were not stated in the material available.
Background
Southern Europe and Canada have both seen intensifying wildfire seasons over the past decade, with hotter, drier summers lengthening the burning window and repeatedly overwhelming firefighting capacity. Spain endured record fire losses in 2022, and Canada's 2023 season was its worst on record for area burned. Fires reaching transport corridors — roads and railways — have become a recurring hazard as blazes spread faster than infrastructure can be cleared.
What to do
Belgians and other travellers with relatives in southern Europe should rely on official civil-protection and foreign-ministry channels for verified information and avoid acting on provisional casualty figures.
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- 4 Aug 2026, 02:00
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- Apocalyptic footage shows freight train trapped by Canadian wildfire
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