More than 1,000 people were evicted from their homes between Sunday and Monday by a forest fire near the tourist Spanish city of Javea on the Costa Blanca (Alicante, East), announced the emergency teams, reported AFP.
authorities said more than 300 firefighters with 65 vehicles were deployed to fight the fire in the Valencian town.
with much of Spain “ extreme risk ” fire due to high temperatures and low humidity, the fire was forced to vacate different developments of these tourist destinations as they were threatened by the fire .
According to the government delegate, Juan Carlos Moragues, fire affects a very urbanized area, with numerous villa and houses inhabited by national and foreign citizens, who can not return to their homes in the next few hours.
Valencia emergency services had earlier said 330 evacuees remained at a high school and a college in the region. Some have been totally consumed by fire, according to television Antena 3.
The high temperatures of over 30 degrees Celsius, and wind changes hamper the work of extinction , carried out by aerial means twenty, 370 firefighters and rural brigades, and 222 soldiers of the Military Emergency Unit (UME) Spain . From the beaches of the area, much appreciated by the British, could see a great column of smoke black.
Although since early August have declared several violent fires, especially in the region of Galicia (northwest), 2016 has been relatively quiet in this regard, according to the ministry of Agriculture.
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