# Spain Wildfire Claims 13 Lives, Including Multiple Foreign Nationals
A major wildfire in Almeria province in southeastern Spain has killed 13 people, according to authorities. The victims include five British nationals, three Belgians, and one national each from France and Spain. The blaze has been described as one of Spain's deadliest wildfires in recent years, destroying rural settlements across a large area. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez visited the scene following the disaster.
Identification of victims has proven challenging due to the severity of burns sustained. Authorities indicated that the number of missing people remains uncertain pending completion of autopsies and formal identification of bodies, some of which required DNA analysis. One British woman was confirmed to have died Sunday night from injuries sustained in the fires.
The high proportion of foreign nationals among the casualties reflects the makeup of populations in rural areas of the region, though the exact circumstances of how so many foreign nationals came to be affected by the fire remain unclear from available reports.
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