Barcelona wildfire forces evacuations
Tuesday, July 28, 2015 @ 12:53 PM
A MASSIVE wildfire in the province of Barcelona has just been brought under control after 30 hours of constant battling by emergency services, and evacuees have been allowed to return home.
Although it is not yet out, the blaze in Òdena is now contained, having wiped out 1,235 hectares so far.
And 72 children at a summer playscheme camp at the Can Puig stately home in Sant Salvador de Guardiola have now been permitted to return to their accommodation, having been evacuated as a precaution yesterday.
Around 11 hydroplanes were sent out in what is said to be the worst forest fire in Catalunya so far this year.
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