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20-05-2023, 06:51 PM
May 20, 2023 3:40 PM GMT+8Last Updated 3 hours ago
MADRID, May 19 (Reuters) - 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
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Strong winds were making it harder to control the blaze in the densely forested areas of Las Hurdes and Sierra de Gata in the Extremadura region
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People from three villages - Cadalso, Descargamaría and Robledillo de Gata - were evacuated
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Up to 260 firefighters and 165 soldiers were fighting the blaze
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"The pine trees are petrol canisters and the pine cones are flamethrowers," Fernandez Vara said, adding that he believed the fire was started deliberately.
"Whoever did it knew what he was doing, how to do it and when to do it," he said.
More at: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/wil...023-05-19/
MADRID, May 19 (Reuters) - 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
......
Strong winds were making it harder to control the blaze in the densely forested areas of Las Hurdes and Sierra de Gata in the Extremadura region
.....,
People from three villages - Cadalso, Descargamaría and Robledillo de Gata - were evacuated
......
Up to 260 firefighters and 165 soldiers were fighting the blaze
......
"The pine trees are petrol canisters and the pine cones are flamethrowers," Fernandez Vara said, adding that he believed the fire was started deliberately.
"Whoever did it knew what he was doing, how to do it and when to do it," he said.
More at: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/wil...023-05-19/
