Agencies – Madrid:
Emergency crews evacuated about 600 people in western Spain from their homes; After a fire destroyed about eight thousand hectares of forest near the border with Portugal.
And the Spanish emergency services said: The strong winds make it difficult to control the fire in the densely forested areas of Lasourdes and the Sierra de Gata in the city of Extremadura.
Authorities said about 260 firefighters and 165 soldiers were trying to put out the fire, and three streets in Extremadura were closed.
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