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.
Some 1,000 residents were evacuated from the town Hoyos in the early hours of the morning after overnight winds “reversed all yesterday’s firefighting achievements,” said Extremadura regional government president Guillermo Fernandez Vara.
Fernandez Vara said more than 25 square miles had burned since flames were detected Thursday in the Sierra de Gata – a region of outstanding natural beauty. MORE