Spain evacuates 1200 from eastern valencia amid wildfire

Raging wildfire has destroyed an area of 6,500 hectares (16,000 acres) in the Spanish autonomous community of Valencia, forcing 1,200 people to evacuate, local authorities said on Monday.
“6,500 hectares are engulfed, 1,200 people have been evacuated,” the Ministry of Justice, Interior and Public Administration said on Twitter, noting that 15 air assets are involved in the fire extinguishing.
The fire started late on Saturday in Valencia’s Alicante city, local authorities said, adding that the difficult terrain and strong wind contributed to the spread of the fire.
It is the strongest fire in Valencia over the last decade after the 2012 fire devastated a Spanish area of almost 30,000 hectares (74,130 acres), according to Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia.
Many European countries have been experiencing extremely high temperatures in the past several months. Some countries have been impacted by droughts, while others are dealing with massive wildfires that engulf thousands of acres of land.