Wildfires rage out of control near Benidorm with nearly 200 people evacuated ... trends now
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A forest fire that started in abnormally hot temperatures has burned through through more than 1,235 acres of land near Benidorm, eastern Spain and forced 180 people to flee their homes, officials said Monday.
The fire began on Sunday near Tarbena in the Valencia region as temperatures reached 30 degrees Celcius, which is unusually high for the season.
Heat, wind and low humidity fuelled the blaze which media reports said may have started with an agricultural fire.
'The fire is still active' after a 'complicated' night for firefighters, the region's emergency services wrote on X, the former Twitter.
They said the blaze had destroyed 'more than 500 hectares (1,235 acres)' of land.
A forest fire that started in abnormally hot temperatures has burned through through more than 1,235 acres of
