Hundreds of people evacuated as wildfire rages in western Spain
Up to 1,500 hectares burn in the Extremadura region with windy weather complicating efforts to bring it under control.
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Up to 1,500 hectares burn in the Extremadura region with windy weather complicating efforts to bring it under control.
Emergency crews evacuated around 600 villagers in western Spain overnight as a wildfire blamed on arsonists ravaged up to 8,000 hectares (19,800 acres) near the border with Portugal, officials said.
MADRID: A wildfire in the western Spanish region of Extremadura has ravaged up to 3,700 acres and forced 550 people from their homes with windy weather complicating efforts to bring it under control, emergency services said on Friday. “The are very strong gusts of wind generating a speed and progress that make efforts to extinguish it difficult,” a commander of the Military
Arson suspected as fire ravages large area near border with Portugal
Emergency crews evacuated around 600 villagers in western Spain overnight as a wildfire blamed on arsonists ravaged up to 8,000 hectares (19,800 acres)