Briton tells of surviving Spain wildfire in car as wife and friends died trying to run to safety
Malcolm Timbrell's wife and their friends are thought to have died when a devastating wildfire tore through their village in Spain.
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"You'd never imagine it could happen."
— Malcolm Timbrell , Other
"We have had an amazing life together - and now it's stopped."
— Malcolm Timbrell , Other
"It's nobody's fault. Nobody can be blamed for this."
— Malcolm Timbrell , Other
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Malcolm Timbrell's wife and their friends are thought to have died when a devastating wildfire tore through their village in Spain.
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