MADRID , Spain ( CNN ) -- A firefighter who was trapped in a fast-moving forest fire in eastern Spain Tuesday and hospitalized with severe burns , died Friday near Barcelona , the Catalan regional government said on its Web site . Spain is plagued by forest fires every summer , when dry weather sets in along with high temperatures . He was the sixth firefighter this week to die from forest fires raging around Spain . The 31-year-old man was with a group of firefighters battling a forest fire in Horta de Sant Joan in eastern Tarragona province Tuesday , when winds suddenly shifted , trapping them . Four firefighters in the group were killed immediately , authorities said , while several others were injured . The 31-year-old firefighter , who worked for the regional Catalan government , had burns on more than 50 percent of his body . The Horta de Sant Joan fire was brought under control midday Friday , the Catalan government said , after burning 1,020 hectares , or 2,520 acres . On Thursday , a 44-year-old firefighter died while driving a fire truck to fight a forest fire in eastern Teruel province , the regional Aragon government said on its Web site . The Aragon region borders the Catalan region . Some 7,000 hectares ( 17,300 acres ) have already burned in Teruel province and Friday there were still various fronts to the fire , CNN partner station CNN+ reported , from the scene . Aircraft , including planes and helicopters , were being used to fight the fires in the Aragon region , along with hundreds of firefighters in the hilly terrain , much of it with difficult access . On Thursday , more than 800 Spanish troops were also fighting numerous forest fires across Spain , the Environment Ministry said . Spanish media reported that a fire in the town of Mojacar , in southern Almeria province , forced the Thursday night evacuation of 3,000 people . Spain is plagued by forest and brush fires every summer , when extremely dry weather sets in along with high temperatures . In 2005 , 11 people were killed when they were trapped by a fast-moving fire in Guadalajara province , east of Madrid . CNN 's Al Goodman contributed to this report .
Aircraft being used in Aragon and Catalonia to battle the fires . Four firefighters died Tuesday in eastern Catalonia , not far from Teruel . Comment: