KSAR EL-KEBIR, Morocco —
Morocco on Saturday mobilized more firefighters
and soldiers to tackle forest blazes burning for four days in the remote wooded
regions in the north of the kingdom, local officials told AFP.
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Half of the 4,660
hectares affected by the fires were in Larache province, where the biggest
blaze is located and where one person has died.
More than 1,320
families have been evacuated from 19 villages in the region, said local
officials.
Soldiers had been
sent to help fight the fires in Ksar El-Kebir, one of the most inaccessible
regions.
Hundreds of
hectares of woodlands had also been destroyed in the neighboring provinces of
Ouazzane, Tetouan, and Taza.
Temperatures
approaching 40°C and high winds have made fighting the fire that much more
difficult.
But officials are
hoping the reinforcements and a change in weather conditions expected on Sunday
may give them some respite.
The
North African
nation, which is struggling under intense droughts, has in recent days been hit
by soaring temperatures approaching 45°C.
On the other side
of the Strait of Gibraltar, fires are also raging in southern Europe, from
Spain and Portugal to France and Greece.
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