Briton tells of surviving Spain wildfire in car as wife and friends died trying to run to safety
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Malcolm Timbrell, 70, and his wife Annette Kilgore, 69, lived in the village of Bédar, in Almeria province, which was consumed by flames last Thursday evening, leaving 13 people dead.
The devastated survivor spoke to the BBC outside his destroyed home high on th
By July 14, 2026 / 9:14 AM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google A British man caught up in Spanish wildfires has described how he survived the inferno as his wife and friends died trying to escape.
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Malcolm Timbrell, 70, and his wife Annette Kilgore, 69, lived in the village of Bédar, in Almeria province, which was consumed by flames last Thursday evening, leaving 13 people dead.
The devastated survivor spoke to the BBC outside his destroyed home high on th
By July 14, 2026 / 9:14 AM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google A British man caught up in Spanish wildfires has described how he survived the inferno as his wife and friends died trying to escape.