Los Gallardos wildfires UPDATES: At least 4 'Brits' dead as fire tears through Almeria

Four people found dead inside a vehicle are feared to be British, according to Spanish officials.

Antonio Sanz Cabello, president of the Andalusian emergency agency, said authorities had urged residents to stay in their homes and that the deaths appeared to have occurred after some people attempted to flee the wildfire in their vehicles.

He said four people died in one car and appeared to be British because the vehicle had a right-hand drive steering wheel.

Mr Cabello said: “Everything seems to indicate that they’re from Britain.”

He added that authorities believe the occupants took a route that was not part of the official evacuation plan, describing the decision to take an alternative route as “a fatal trap”. The victims’ nationalities have not yet been formally confirmed.