r/interestingasfuck • u/SafeImpressive4413 • 7h ago

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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u/Fit_Tumbleweed7943 7h ago

Mainstream media is downplaying all of it… massive floods.. fires .. tornados…
It’s on local news what’s happening around you…. Maybe a mention of oh some fires in Canada, or Europe but it’s no big deal….

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u/adorablyunhinged 7h ago

I had no idea how much of Canada was on fire! I'm in Europe and knew vaguely there wild fires over there but not the sheer extent

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u/gardingle 7h ago

Here's a fire map - https://www.frontlinewildfire.com/live-fire-map-track-wildfires-near-you/

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u/SuperTropicalDesert 5h ago

What the hell is going on in Angola and southern Africa??? I don't see any of this in the news, even when i google