Firefighters from Spain and France succeeded on Saturday in containing a wildfire near the countries’ shared Mediterranean coastal border, after winds dropped enough to allow water bomber planes to fly.
Firefighters from Spain and France succeeded on Saturday in containing a wildfire near the countries’ shared Mediterranean coastal border, after winds dropped enough to allow water bomber planes to fly.
More than 130 people had been evacuated from several villages overnight as strong winds fanned the flames around Portbou, a hilly forested area on the Spanish side of the border that is popular with tourists.
Spanish forestry rangers said the fire, which started on Friday, had destroyed around 573 hectares (1,400 acres) of land around Portbou, which has a cross-border rail service to France.
