26 Sep, 2024 @ 18:34
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Watch: Huge fire takes hold in Spain’s Valencia as inferno cuts off major road and locals are evacuated

THIS is the moment a huge fire took hold near the city of Valencia in eastern Spain on Thursday.

Video footage shared online showed the inferno ravaging an area filled with palm trees and forest in Sueca, just a few kilometres south of Valencia city.

According to Bomberos Valencia, at least two locals had to be evacuated.

Meanwhile, the A38 road was cut off by the Guardia Civil in both directions.

Firefighters spent several hours tackling the blaze.

Extra troops were brought in from Gandia and Javea to help put out the flames.

Medical teams and paramedics were also sent to the scene to help treat people for smoke inhalation.

The inferno was said to have been brought under control by 4.15pm.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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