# Almería wildfire kills at least 11 in southern Spain as heatwave drives flames across Andalusia
> A wildfire that broke out Thursday afternoon in Los Gallardos, Almería province, killed at least 11 people and injured six by the morning of July 10; fires also spread to Benahavís and other Andalusia zones, with firefighters working overnight as winds pushed flames across multiple fronts during a Southern European heatwave

**Meta:** type: event · date: 2026-07-09 · heads: How Life Changes, What Broke · 6 takes · 5 lenses · 3 regions

## Summary

A wildfire that broke out Thursday afternoon in Los Gallardos, [Spain](/en/entity/spain)'s Almería province, killed at least 11 people and injured six by the morning of July 10, making it one of the deadliest wildfires in recent Andalusian history. Fires spread simultaneously to Benahavís and parts of Granada, Jaén and the Costa del Sol, as firefighters worked through the night under wind conditions that drove multiple fronts. CGTN reported a toll of 12 dead. A Southern European heatwave has driven dry, hot conditions across the region.

## Why it matters

Andalusia is already one of Spain's most fire-prone regions, and the July 10 outbreak combines high temperatures, low humidity and wind in the same overnight window across multiple provincial zones simultaneously, testing civil emergency capacity across southern Spain.

## What to watch

- Final confirmed death toll as search and rescue operations continue in Almería province
- Whether Spain's national government declares a catastrophic emergency and activates federal fire suppression resources
- Whether the heatwave driving fire risk across Southern Europe intensifies or abates in the coming days

## Regional takes (batched by bias / lens)

### English-language Andalusia press; first overnight account placing the worst emergencies in Benahavís and Los Gallardos; fires also burning in Granada, Jaén and the Costa del Sol
- **The Spanish Eye** (Spain, en) — The Spanish Eye reported wildfires raging across Almería, Granada, Jaén and the Costa del Sol overnight into July 10, with Los Gallardos and Benahavís the most serious emergencies; firefighters worked through the night under wind conditions that drove flames across multiple provincial zones.
  > "The most serious emergencies were in Benahavís and Los Gallardos, Almería, as wildfires raged across Almería, Granada, Jaén and the Costa del Sol."
  Source: https://www.thespanisheye.com/2026/07/10/andalucia-burns-tough-night-for-firefighters-as-wildfires-rage-across-almeria-granada-jaen-and-the-costa-del-sol/

### Chinese state broadcaster; "12 killed" figure; Los Gallardos and Almería province named as the epicentre; fire started Thursday afternoon
- **CGTN** (China, en) — CGTN reported 12 people killed in a major wildfire that broke out Thursday afternoon in Los Gallardos, Almería province, in Spain's southern Andalusia region, providing one of the first international broadcasts of the death toll.
  > "Twelve people were killed in a major wildfire that broke out on Thursday afternoon in Los Gallardos, in Almería province of Spain's southern Andalusia region."
  Source: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-07-10/12-killed-in-southern-Spain-wildfire-1OEWxMhJ4yc/p.html

### English-language expatriate press in Andalusia; "grave danger" framing; wind-driven spread the defining factor for overnight risk
- **Euro Weekly News** (Spain, en) — Euro Weekly News reported at least eleven dead in the Almería wildfire and warned residents faced 'grave danger' as wind conditions continued to drive flames, providing the most sustained English-language Andalusia account of overnight risk to people still in affected areas.
  > "Residents living in Almería Province endured a night of terror when a wildfire broke out on Thursday afternoon and killed at least eleven people."
  Source: https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/07/10/eleven-dead-in-almeria-wildfire-residents-facing-grave-danger-as-wind-fuels-flames/

### International wire; "at least 11 dead" alongside heatwave context affecting Southern Europe broadly
- **Yahoo News** (International, en) — Yahoo News placed the Almería fire death toll at 11 and six injured in Los Gallardos, linking it to the ongoing Southern European heatwave and contextualising the event within a broader regional heat emergency.
  > "Six people were injured in the blaze in Los Gallardos, in the province of Almería."
  Source: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/twelve-die-wildfire-spain-heatwave-024433828.html

### unlabelled
- **Xinhua** (China, en) — 
  Source: https://english.news.cn/europe/20260710/39e67aed90f94d78b78609e657e5d8da/c.html
- **The Olive Press** (Spain, en) — 
  Source: https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/07/10/breaking-at-least-12-dead-in-almeria-after-worst-ever-andalucia-wildfire-firefighters-find-bodies-inside-burned-out-vehicles/

## Across the graph
- Entities: Spain

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