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Spain is one of the southern European countries on the front line of climate change as higher average temperatures stoke heatwaves, droughts and forest fires.
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He described the preparations as "the state's largest deployment for an anti-fires campaign... because we are also aware that, unfortunately, this threat is growing".
The tools include new helicopters and planes, amphibious aircraft, drones, vehicles, heat cameras and advanced surveillance systems to tackle blazes that strike "with greater force, greater virulence" and are harder to extinguish, Sánchez said.
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"Fire does not distinguish between administrations, it does not ask who governs," the Socialist leader added, reiterating a plea for "a national pact against the climate emergency".
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