Spain races to contain blazes before temperatures rise

Spain faces two crucial days to bring raging wildfires under control before weather conditions worsen, authorities said Monday, as Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called on his citizens to “exercise extreme caution” ahead of a new heatwave.

Reacting to the forecast, Sanchez said: “I ask for understanding and call on all citizens in all the country to exercise extreme caution and take every possible precaution.‘Extreme caution’ Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska told reporters that Monday and Tuesday “are absolutely decisive days” to control the fires, before temperatures start rising again.