Tarifa wildfire Spain: 2,000 people including tourists and locals evacuated from town in Cadiz due to continuing raging fire
Tourists have been evacuated from the resort town of Tarifa in the Cádiz region of Southern Spain as wildfires are ongoing.
According to local reports, some 2,000 people, including beachgoers, vacation resort visitors, and locals living near Playa de Atlanterra and Playa de Bolonia, were among those evacuated. Access to the Southern Spanish resort town has been limited to emergency services, and around 25 kilometres northwest of Tarifa's city centre, the interior minister of the Andalusia region, Antonio Sanz, said on Monday.
The evacuations come as Spain faces one of its worst summers in recent history, with massive wildfires that have engulfed tens of thousands of hectares and threatened UNESCO World Heritage sites. The region surrounding Tarifa in the province of Cádiz was already impacted by a forest fire less than a week ago.
Around 1,500 visitors and locals were evacuated at that time, along with a number of hotels, towns, and a campsite in the La Peña area. On Monday, the Guardia Civil asked those evacuated by the fire to leave the area by the beach to avoid the collapse of the road.
In addition, the Montaña de Los Alemanes and those located at the foot of the Sierra de la Plata have been evacuated as a precautionary measure. More than 2,000 people have been evacuated, according to Spanish media.
For days, emergency services have been trying to tackle other fires in the area, both by land and by air. More than 100 troops are currently deployed in the area, including four Firefighting Reinforcement Brigades (Bricas).