9,000 Flee ‘Unprecedented’ Wildfires on Spain's Gran Canaria Island

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By Olivia RosaneAug 20, 2019, 8:08 am178 pts
Wildfires raging on Gran Canaria, the second most populous of Spain's Canary Islands, have forced around 9,000 people to evacuate. The fires, which started Saturday, have entered the Tamadaba Natural Park, where some of the island's oldest pine forests grow. Authorities called it an "an unprecedented…

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