friends toy for sarah morris is in madrid with the latest on the effort to control the blazes. >> the firefighters think they may have turned a corner, nevertheless there is still 20 fires burning across to spain, the most serious concentrated in the west end northwest central part of spain. you mentioned that figure that the prime minister gave before this latest heatwave and round of fires of 70,000 hectic acres, the regions affected say 60,000 hectic acres have been ravaged and half of that land lies in a region. that fire has already claimed two lives and the battle still goes on. one man was given very very bad burns, had to be airlifted away, a man in his 50's now battling or his life in hospital. he was trying to help dig trenches to move the fire away. one of the things the firefighters are saying is that the next few hours of be absently critical. as in that case the wind can change and it becomes very very unpredictable. we will have to see how the night evolves and if the wind drops back. >> sarah morris, speaking to us a little earlier. a senior russian security official s