Wildfire tears through Ibiza resort

Wildfire has torn through parts of forest near a popular British tourist resort in Ibiza.

Flames licked through trees near San Antonio, a hot nightlife spot on the west coast of the Balearic island, sending heavy columns of smoke into the sky.

Videos posted online show helicopters and planes shut- tling water and dropping it on the conflagration, which was said to be under control by 7.30 pm.

Temperatures soared past 30C on Tuesday, with the blaze starting at 4pm according to witnesses, and grew quickly. There are no reports of injures.

Graduate Jenna Scott, 21, who was at nearby Ocean Beach, said the emergency response was “pretty quick”, adding: “We saw the fire through the trees which was very worrying... it looked like it spread very, very quickly.

“As scary as it is, the helicopter team seem to be slowly but surely putting the blaze out. It looks like it has completely died out now.”

Roads were cordoned off and access around the popular nightlife hub was restricted as authorities worked to make it safe.