MADRID (Reuters) -A second volunteer firefighter who suffered severe burns while battling a wildfire in Spain’s northern Leon province has died from his injuries, a government official said on Thursday, as several blazes continued across the country.

“Today we mourn the death of another member of the team fighting fires in Leon,” Nicanor Sen, the national government’s representative in Castile and Leon – Spain’s largest region – wrote in an X post.

Local media identified the victim as 37-year-old Jaime Aparicio, who suffered burns to 85% of his body after being trapped alongside another volunteer between two fronts near the town of Nogarejas, while they attempted to create firebreaks with brush cutters.

His colleague Abel Ramos, 35, died on Tuesday, the sixth fatality linked to wildfire

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