Watch: 'We escaped Spanish wildfire, but our friends lost their lives'
BBC News 2026-07-11 11:45:55
Context: A British family on holiday in Bedar, Spain, narrowly escaped a deadly wildfire that killed 12 people, including four Britons, and left 23 others missing. The family, consisting of Lucinda Curtois, her partner Riyaz Cheytan, and their teenage children, described their "terrifying" experience of encountering a "wall of fire." They later learned that some close family friends had lost their lives in the disaster.
Key Facts
- Twelve people in the village of Bedar, including four Britons, were killed in one of Spain's deadliest wildfires, according to Spanish authorities.
- Twenty-three people are still missing following the wildfire that ravaged the area where the British family was on holiday.
- Lucinda Curtois and her family were not "expecting to hit a wall of fire" when they encountered the wildfire, which forced them to flee for their lives.
- The family later found out that some close family friends had lost their lives in the disaster, with Curtois speculating that their friends may have left their home on foot because their road was cut off.
- The British family, consisting of Lucinda Curtois, her partner Riyaz Cheytan, and their teenage children, had arrived in Spain on Thursday, just before the wildfire broke out.