MADRID: Hundreds of firefighters battled Sunday to contain a fire after it broke out at a nature reserve in southern Spain, prompting the evacuation of more than 1,800 people, authorities said. The fire forced authorities to evacuate 1,850 people, many of whom were staying at a camp site, the Andalusian authorities said. The blaze started overnight Saturday and had by morning encroached on the Donana Natural Park at Moguer in the southern region of Andalusia, Jose Fiscal, deputy head of the regional environment protection authority, told Spanish television. Fighting the blaze was exacerbated by the wind and heat, an emergency services spokesman told AFP. Spain was hit by a spate of forest fires in 2015 and officials said some of those could had been started deliberately.

Source: New Strait Times June 25, 2017 23:48 UTC