Day: July 23, 2026

Eight people were injured in a gas explosion near the entrance to a metro station in Barcelona, Spain, which sparked a large-scale fire, Report informs.

The incident occurred yesterday evening at the L5 metro station on Plaça de Sants, which is currently under construction, according to the Medical Emergency System (SEM), local media noted.

All of the injured are construction workers and have been transported to hospitals, with two reported to be in serious condition.

In response to the emergency, the SEM dispatched eight ambulances to the scene.

According to the Barcelona City Council, the explosion was caused by a gas leak after a pipe was damaged during work in an underground passage. As a precautionary measure, traffic has been suspended and the area cordoned off.

A major wildfire in southwestern France has forced the urgent evacuation of 12,000 people, Report informs, citing French media.

About 7,000 of those evacuated were holidaymakers from Lège-Cap-Ferret.

According to the government, more than 12,500 fires have broken out in France since the beginning of the year, burning 44,000 hectares.

That figure is higher than in 2022, when unprecedented fires in scale and duration burned more than 30,000 hectares of forest in the Landes de Gascogne area.