2023.07.16 13:25 GMT+8

Smoke billows from Spain's La Palma with at least 4,500 hectares burned

Updated 2023.07.16 13:25 GMT+8
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Spanish officials said on Saturday they had evacuated more than 2,500 people from La Palma in the Canary Islands, where a wildfire has destroyed 4,500 hectares of land. Around 300 firefighters are working on the ground to bring the blaze under control. The fire coincides with a heat wave that is hitting southern Europe.

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