Spain鈥檚 fire sees over 1,350 evacuated
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More than 1,350 residents were evacuated in Spain's northeastern region of Aragon as a wildfire spread through a pine forest amid a lingering heat wave, a local official said yesterday.
Five villages were evacuated as flames devoured hills that are 375 kilometers northeast of Madrid, said Javier Lamban, the president of Aragon. The evacuees, who included residents of a retirement home, were transferred to nearby towns.
About 500 firefighters and almost 100 pieces of equipment, including aircraft, were fighting the flames yesterday, which were being fanned by windy conditions and were creating a large plume of smoke.
The fire, which broke out Saturday afternoon, has already burned close to 8,000 hectares of forest in a remote area, according to Ministry of Agriculture and Environment spokesman Modesto Lobon.
Also, the fire department in the northeastern region of Catalonia said it was combating a wildfire that had broken out in Cardedeu, 40 kilometers north of Barcelona, and had destroyed two houses and several cars.
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