Spain wildifre forces over 600 to evacuate

More than 600 people have been evacuated from their homes and road traffic has been disrupted as firefighting teams and planes fight a wildfire in southwestern Spain, regional authorities said Thursday.

The blaze in a mountain range of the Malaga province started late on Wednesday and grew overnight, prompting the first evacuations near the resort town of Estepona.

Around 250 firefighters were working to extinguish the fire on the ground, helped by 29 planes and helicopters. The regional fire extinguishing service said that the rugged terrain made quelling the flames "difficult."