More than 2,000 tourists & locals evacuated from hotels and beaches to escape ‘suffocating' Spanish wildfire
RISING INFERNO More than 2,000 tourists & locals evacuated from hotels and beaches to escape 'suffocating' Spanish wildfire
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THOUSANDS of tourists and locals have been evacuated from a Spanish resort holiday spot to escape a raging wildfire.
More than 2,000 people rushed to safety from the hotels and beaches in the town of Tarifa, Cadiz, southern Spain, as smoke erupted from the dry surrounding fields.
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Huge clouds of choking black smoke sprang from the landscape - and left people in the area terrified.
The evacuation order was sounded at around 2:20pm on Monday afternoon.
One holidaymaker said: "Going down to the beach was the only solution.
"At first, it was a little smoky in the morning.
"At lunchtime, around three or four, we saw the smoke intensifying and that a lot of helicopters and firefighters were coming."
Along with dozens of neighbours, he made a beeline for the coast.
He said: "The smoke was intensifying and getting closer.
"We saw flames coming down from the top of the mountain and that the easterly wind was intensifying. We were scared."
Less than a week ago another fire in the nearby La Pena area forced the evacuation of thousands from campsites, hotels and the beaches.
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