Costa Brava forest fire forces evacuation of up to 450 residents
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 @ 12:39 PM
OVER 400 people had to be evacuated when a forest fire broke out in the Costa Brava area and which, at the time of publication, is said to be still burning.
Already, the flames have wiped out 307 hectares of forest in Vall-Llobrega (Girona province) where hundreds of residents have been turfed out of their homes along with numerous others from neighbouring Calonge and Palamós.
Most of the evacuees – 400 according to the Civil Protection squad, but 450 according to the police – have been able to go back to their homes, although some remain in temporary makeshift accommodation.
The C-31 highway was also shut off to traffic for several hours on Sunday, emergency services report.
Hydroplanes have been drafted in from the ministry of agriculture and sent from the region of Aragón, as well as 62 fire engines.
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