‘A wake-up call’: Massive wildfires pierce Madrid’s bubble

People at an evacuation center in Villamanta, Spain, a town southwest of Madrid, July 26, 2026. (Joseph Fox/The New York Times) By JASON HOROWITZ As the worst wildfires in Spanish history tore through the country, Elena Sánchez paused from selling beers in a kiosk on the edge of an artificial lake in Madrid and pointed west toward the sunset. It was the wrong color. “It’s not supposed to be like that,” Sánchez, 54, said Sunday evening, looking at a hazy gray blush — the fire’s smoky residue —…

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