Wildfires force 3,000 to be evacuated
Strong winds have fanned wildfires that have raged out of control for three days in southwestern Spain and made firefighting difficult, forcing the evacuation of 3,000 inhabitants, officials said Saturday.
Some1,000 residents were evacuated from the town of Hoyos in the early morning after overnight winds “reversed all yesterday’s firefighting achievements,” said Extremadura regional government president Guillermo Fernandez Vara.
Those evacuated joined another 2,000 residents from other villages.
Fernandes Vara said evidence pointed to numerous separate ignition points, indicating that “man’s hand must be behind these fires.”