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Spain is in the path of totality for a solar eclipse next week—the mainland’s first since 1905. But will wildfire smoke and mass evacuations disrupt the highly anticipated experience?
Multiple wildfires were burning across Spain on Friday, authorities said, including in the Aragon and Madrid regions.
Flames burned through the Deep Space Communications Complex near Madrid, but NASA has been unable to assess the damage as a wildfire emergency grips the region.
The wildfire that engulfed Spain's Ávila region, northwest of the capital, Madrid, is now considered the largest in the country's modern history, with around 50,000 hectares (193 square miles) burned,
Spanish firefighters battled multiple blazes on Thursday, even as they made progress stabilizing two main fires of concern in the Madrid region and Ávila the day before.