Spain’s Tragic Tower Block Fire Exposes the World’s Failing Fire Regulations

On February 22, a fire swept through a 14-story apartment block in the Campanar neighborhood of Valencia, Spain. Ten people died in the blaze. Smartphone footage showed an awning on a seventh-floor balcony catching fire at around 5:30pm CET, before the flames rushed upwards. Within 15 minutes, the entire building was engulfed, aided by 40 […]

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The Climate Crisis Is Threatening Spain’s Saffron Crop

While that small-scale, low-tech approach may have kept saffron production going over the past few decades, it has also left it on the edge of extinction. “We’re being held back by the idiosyncrasies of the sector itself,” says Fernández. “What we’re trying to do now is bring about a change and a transition so we’re […]

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