Hundreds evacuated as wildfire rages through Valencia

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Firefighters in Valencia battled a wildfire overnight. Hundreds of people were evacuated and some 1,400 hectares of land were destroyed by the raging flames.

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00:00 More than 600 people have been evacuated from their homes in Valencia, Spain, after an out-of-control

00:07 fire burnt through some 1,400 hectares of forest.

00:11 A sleepless night for firefighters as the inferno affected several villages and towns,

00:16 including the municipality of La Vall d`Albaida, where at least one house burst down.

00:21 The flames even reached the border of the province of Alicante.

00:25 According to local authorities, the fire started with a small outbreak, but the strong winds

00:30 in the region caused it to spread rapidly.

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