Wrecked houses and 26 dead horses: residents return to Madrid suburb after wildfire

Families in Los Cantos and Soto de Vi?uelas take in scene of destruction after blaze and pay tribute to man killed in fireAdolfo López plunged his head and his hands into his parents' swimming pool early on Tuesday afternoon, keen to wash off the soot and dirt from the gutted house his mother and father had called home for the past 25 years.The wildfire that would devour 1,000 hectares of land, consume their house, destroy some of the neighbouring properties and kill a man trying to rescue horses from a local stables was just a column of smoke when López saw it approaching Soto de Vi?uelas at 7.45pm on Monday. Continue reading...