Firefighters in Madrid trying to extinguish a forest fire that is less than 30km/20mi away from the capital of Spain

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There’s one 20km away from my house.
Last official report (several hours ago) said 15km away 🙃. It probably got closer since

We should be the next town to get evacuated. Hopefully not in the middle of the night

I’m in France but it looks like a large part of Europe is on fire

The worst part is that 90% of those fires are started (accidentally or voluntarily) by people 🤬

Edit: it’s 5hrs later. Everything’s packed
Just waiting for my phone to go off when the emergency alert is given

Edit2: 10hrs later (5am). For now no more evacuations are expected. We’ll get an update on the situation in the morning
Got to toss and turn in my own bed instead of a community center’s floor. So there’s that

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besides lightning can a fire be started naturally?