Careless man sets a forest on fire and 4400 firemen try to contain the blaze

A 27-year-old German lit a soiled toilet paper and started a forest fire in Spain and, more than 4,400 firefighters have been battling to contain the blaze. Almost 1,500 vehicles and 32 water-dumping planes were also deployed at 702 wildfires and, some of these fires have been burning for days.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 9 August 2016.

As per latest reports, after raging for six days, the Spanish wildfire on the Atlantic island of La Palma has, finally, been brought under control. For this, 500 residents were evacuated and a forest worker was killed. The fires had rapidly through mostly pine and eucalyptus forests that are tinder-dry due to weeks of insignificant rain. The evacuated residents are now allowed to return to their homes.
The fire claimed the life of one forest worker and has destroyed more than 4,000 hectares (9,900 acres) of forest on the volcanic island off the northwest coast of Africa. A team of some 350 firefighters, supported by four planes and eight helicopters dumping water, had to battle the fire.


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