Evacuation In Spain Fire

Spanish officials said Saturday they had evacuated more than 2,500 people from La Palma in the Canary Islands, where fire has destroyed 4,500 hectares (11,000 acres) of land.

Firefighters used water-carrying planes on Saturday as they battled to control a wildfire in Spain's Costa Brava region that has forced 350 people to be evacuated from their homes, the regional fire service said.

More than 700 people were evacuated from homes, campsites and hotels due to the threat from a forest fire in southern Spain, emergency services said on today.

Spanish authorities allowed residents near a giant tyre dump blaze to return home on Saturday, saying that toxic fumes billowing from the rubber heap posed less of a risk although the fire has yet to be extinguished.

A wildfire raging in Spain's northeastern region of Catalonia on Monday has destroyed over 1,200 hectares (3,000 acres) of land and forced the evacuation of some 800 people, local officials said.

One person died and 4,000 others were forced to evacuate their homes as a wildfire fanned by strong winds devoured hillsides near the Spanish resort city of Marbella on Friday. A regional Interior Ministry official said the latest fire started outside the mountainside town of Coin, northeast of Marbella, and that authorities suspect arson as the ca...

Two firefighters have died from injuries sustained in battling a wildfire in Spain's eastern province of Alicante while hundreds were evacuated by boat to escape a fire raging on the Canary Island of La Gomera, an emergency services official said on Monday.

Spanish officials said Saturday they had evacuated more than 2,500 people from La Palma in the Canary Islands, where fire has destroyed 4,500 hectares (11,000 acres) of land.

Firefighters used water-carrying planes on Saturday as they battled to control a wildfire in Spain's Costa Brava region that has forced 350 people to be evacuated from their homes, the regional fire service said.

More than 700 people were evacuated from homes, campsites and hotels due to the threat from a forest fire in southern Spain, emergency services said on today.

Spanish authorities allowed residents near a giant tyre dump blaze to return home on Saturday, saying that toxic fumes billowing from the rubber heap posed less of a risk although the fire has yet to be extinguished.

A wildfire raging in Spain's northeastern region of Catalonia on Monday has destroyed over 1,200 hectares (3,000 acres) of land and forced the evacuation of some 800 people, local officials said.

One person died and 4,000 others were forced to evacuate their homes as a wildfire fanned by strong winds devoured hillsides near the Spanish resort city of Marbella on Friday. A regional Interior Ministry official said the latest fire started outside the mountainside town of Coin, northeast of Marbella, and that authorities suspect arson as the ca...

Two firefighters have died from injuries sustained in battling a wildfire in Spain's eastern province of Alicante while hundreds were evacuated by boat to escape a fire raging on the Canary Island of La Gomera, an emergency services official said on Monday.