Families have been forced to leave their pets behind as they flee blazes raging in eastern Spain after the wildfire season arrived earlier than expected. Sky News reports that authorities have told 'fire tourists' to keep away from fires that have caused hundreds of families to flee their homes in Spain's eastern Castellon region.
The wildfire season has arrived earlier than expected, prompting 1,700 villagers to leave their homes in the Valencia and Aragon regions. Antonio Zarzoso, 24, who fled the village of Puebla de Arenoso, told Sky News: "How am I supposed to feel? Your town is burning, your life is burning. Our animals were there and no-one can tell us anything."
Sky News reports that the flames scorched more than 9,900 acres of forest, and says that officials have accused onlookers of putting themselves at risk and disrupting efforts to extinguish flames.
