NEARLY 200 people have been evacuated after a wildfire tore through a nature reserve in Andalucia.
Around 40 residents left their homes in Miranda del Rey, near Jaen, as a further 150 fled were evacuated from a farm school near Despeñaperros nature park on Wednesday afternoon.
Eight helicopters and 11 aeroplanes joined firefighters as they worked continuously to bring the blaze under control.
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Firefighters from Castilla la Mancha also joined the operation, which Andalucia’s Minister for Health, Presidency and Emergencies, Antonio Sanz, said was progressing ‘very favourably.’
Red Cross Jaen deployed staff and aid to children at the farm school, and has thanked via Facebook all those who assisted.
No human casualties have been reported.
However, some sources suggest the fire may have been intentional.
This sinister adds up to the 15.900 hectares that have already been burnt in Spain in the month of June, the worst data of the year, according to RTVE statistics.
The same source confirms that, up to yesterday, NASA satellites had detected 114 hotspots across the country.
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