Briton Survives Bédar Wildfire in Car as 13 Die Fleeing 20-kph Flames
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Updated · BBC.com · Jul 13
Briton Survives Bédar Wildfire in Car as 13 Die Fleeing 20-kph Flames
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jul 13
Summary
Malcolm Timbrell, 70, said he survived inside the last of six cars after a wildfire tore through Bédar, while his wife Annette Kilgore, 69, and 12 friends and neighbours are feared dead.
20-kph flames, strong winds and dry conditions split the group as Timbrell went back for two cats; he said others abandoned their vehicles and tried to outrun the fire on foot.
Eight bodies were found on a path below the couple's home, and authorities said four more victims recovered in a right-hand-drive vehicle were thought to be British; a 93-year-old woman later died in hospital.
DNA identification is still pending for some victims, while British expats have criticized the lack of a mobile-phone alert in one of Spain's deadliest wildfires.