Crews Battle Forest Fire in Spain

Register Now July 24 - 2 pm(ET) Select Your State and Click: MADRID, Spain -- A forest fire burned out of control Wednesday in northeast Spain, after charring more than 2,000 hectares (5,000 acres) of pine forest and scrubland and briefly forcing the evacuation of 300 people, officials said. More than 300 firefighters and 16 water-dropping planes and helicopters were battling the blaze, which started Tuesday when a car caught fire after a road accident near the town of Zuera, the Aragon regional government said. "It is not at all under control," regional environment minister Alfredo Bone said. Thick smoke forced the evacuation Tuesday of villagers from nearby Castejon de Valdejasa. The 300 or so residents were able to return hours later, the Aragon government said in a statement. It was the first major forest fire of the... [read full story]