British couple confirmed to have been killed by deadly wildfires in Spain

Authorities ask for DNA to help identify victims as local government leader says ‘we are in a state of climate chaos’

A British couple have been named as two victims of the https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/12/uk-couple-burned-semi-conscious-almeria-spanish-wildfires">wildfires in Spain that have killed 13 people, as authorities race to use DNA to identify those who did not manage to escape the blaze.

Pete and Fran Gillam, who lived in Bédar, the village that bore the brunt of the wildfires on Thursday, are believed not to have survived..