8 Aug, 2015 @ 11:59
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Wildfires see thousands evacuated and roads cut off in Spain

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Forest fires rip through  Spain
Forest fires rip through Spain

A SERIES of wildfires continue to blaze in Spain.

More than 1600 people have so far been evacuated in Extremadura where 5000 hectares are ablaze in the Sierra de Gata mountains.

It is feared that dozens of horses, donkeys and goats have died in the fire, suspected to have been started by arson.

The fire, which has been burning for three days, started in the village of Acabo.

Planes, helicopters and 300 firefighters continue to battle the blaze, which has cut off dozens of roads.

Fires also continue to blaze in Murcia, around Lorca, which was hit by a disastrous earthquake two years ago.

Due to a series of heatwaves the south of Spain is extremely dry.

So far, Andalucia has seen 12,000 hectares destroyed by fire, 2000 more than the average for a year.

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Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor)

Jon Clarke is a Londoner who worked at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday as an investigative journalist before moving to Spain in 2003 where he helped set up the Olive Press.

After studying Geography at Manchester University he fell in love with Spain during a two-year stint teaching English in Madrid.

On returning to London, he studied journalism and landed his first job at the weekly Informer newspaper in Teddington, covering hundreds of stories in areas including Hounslow, Richmond and Harrow.

This led on to work at the Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Mirror, Standard and even the Sun, before he landed his first full time job at the Daily Mail.

After a year on the Newsdesk he worked as a Showbiz correspondent covering mostly music, including the rise of the Spice Girls, the rivalry between Oasis and Blur and interviewed many famous musicians such as Joe Strummer and Ray Manzarak, as well as Peter Gabriel and Bjorn from Abba on his own private island.

After a year as the News Editor at the UK’s largest-selling magazine Now, he returned to work as an investigative journalist in Features at the Mail on Sunday.

As well as tracking down Jimi Hendrix’ sole living heir in Sweden, while there he also helped lead the initial investigation into Prince Andrew’s seedy links to Jeffrey Epstein during three trips to America.

He had dozens of exclusive stories, while his travel writing took him to Jamaica, Brazil and Belarus.

He is the author of three books; Costa Killer, Dining Secrets of Andalucia and My Search for Madeleine.

Contact jon@theolivepress.es

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