Spanish wildfire burns 4,000 hectares, forces evacuation of 1,500

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Spanish wildfire burns 4,000 hectares, forces evacuation of 1,500

STORY: Spanish wildfire burns 4,000 hectares, forces evacuation of 1,500 DATELINE: March 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:17 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: (courtesy of Fire Brigade from the Provincial Council of Castellon and Service of Wildfire Brigade of the Valencian Community) 1. various of the wildfire 2. various of firefighters and police evacuating people from towns 3. various of the fire 4. various of firefighters working STORYLINE: A recent wildfire in eastern Spain has burnt around 4,000 hectares of natural landscape and forced 1,500 people to evacuate from their homes. The wildfire, which began on Thursday between the provinces of Castellon and Teruel, is under control now. Eight small towns and villages in the surrounding area were evacuated between Thursday and Friday as the fire, which could have been started by crop burning, rapidly spread, helped by strong winds and unseasonably dry conditions. Cooler temperature and a lack of wind on Friday night helped some 500 firemen, f

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