Wildfire rages in eastern Spain as temperatures rise. The fire began on Sunday near Tarbena in the Valencia region as temperatures reached 30 degrees Celcius (86 degrees Fahrenheit), which is unusually high for the season.
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The fire began on Sunday near Tarbena in the Valencia region as temperatures reached 30 degrees Celcius (86 degrees Fahrenheit), which is unusually high for the season.
Heat, wind and low humidity fuelled the blaze which media reports said may have started with an agricultural fire.
“The fire is still active” after a “complicated” night for firefighters, the region’s emergency services wrote on X, the former Twitter, saying the blaze had destroyed “more than 500 hectares (1,235 acres)” of land.
“Around 180 people have been evacuated” from the two worst-hit areas, Pilar Bernabe, the central government representative in Valencia, told public television.