One person dead in Spanish wildfire

One man has been killed and a woman is missing after a wildfire swept across woodland near the central Spanish city of Avila.

Regional environment ministry spokeswoman Maria Jesus Ruiz said the man died after his home in Arenas de San Pedro was engulfed by flames. She said the missing woman may be related to him.

Ruiz said at a press conference that around 200 firefighters and 22 aircraft have been deployed to combat the fire.

Ministry officials calculate that around 59,300 acres have been charred by fires that have killed six people in just over a week.