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Tourists and locals evacuated due to Spanish wildfire
THOUSANDS of tourists and locals have been evacuated from a popular tourist resort spot in Spain.
More than 2000 people have been moved to safety from hotels and beaches in Tarifa in southern Spain due to fires in nearby fields and forests, The Scottish Sun reports.
It's understood people were evacuated at around 2.20pm yesterday (August 11) afternoon.
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Crowds who had gathered on the beach were moved along the shore to the village of Zahara de los Atunes.
It comes less than a week after another fire in nearby La Pena which also saw people evacuated.
