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Hundreds flee homes after wildfire hit eastern Spain

by Segun Ogunlade March 24, 2023
written by Segun Ogunlade March 24, 2023
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Hundreds of people have been forced to evacuate their homes after a forest fire raged in eastern Spain on Thursday, and sent huge plumes of smoke into the air.

Firefighters were alerted about the blaze near Villanueva de Viver in the region of Valencia just before 1 p.m. (1200 GMT).

Ten airplanes have been deployed to put out the blaze, which had hitherto resulted in more than 1,000 people leaving their homes, Cadena Ser reported.

Emergency services said they had set up a refuge for 600 people and a field hospital.

Read also: Vanuatu takes climate plea to world stage after twin cyclones leave thousands homeless

Winter 2022-23 in the northern hemisphere was the second warmest on record and unusually dry, EU scientists said on March 8. In western and south-eastern Europe it was drier than average over the winter, while the month of February saw record low levels of soil moisture in some areas, the scientists said.

Figures compiled by the European Commission’s European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) indicate that last year was the worst year on record in Spain for forest fires with 493 blazes destroying 307,000 hectares (759,000 acres) of land.

Story was adapted from Reuters.

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