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Spain Firefighters In Deadly Battle To Control Huge Valencia Wildfire

Spain Firefighters In Deadly Battle To Control Huge Valencia Wildfire

Spain has been having it hot as some 300 firefighters have spent a difficult night in the process of trying to battle a huge wildfire which had occurred in the southeastern part of Spain which had has burnt through nearly 10,000 hectares in an area notoriously difficult to access.

The fire had been reportedly started when lightning had hit the Vall de Ebo area in the province of Alicante late Saturday and has since spread quite rapidly around the surroundings while being fuelled by strong winds, forcing the evacuation of more than 1,000 people, Valencia’s regional government said.

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11 firefighters injured in Los Angeles battling blaze

11 Firefighters Injured In Los Angeles Battling Blaze

Eleven firefighters were injured, three of them critically, in downtown Los Angeles when a fire in a commercial smoke shop sparked a major explosion and spread to nearby structures on Saturday evening, officials said.

Crews had entered the building to battle what was initially thought to be a minor blaze when they noticed that the smoke pressure was escalating and decided to evacuate, Los Angeles Fire Department chief Ralph Terrazas told reporters.

He said the blast occurred as the firefighters were leaving the building from the roof and the ground floor.

“A witness account is that our firefighters came down …