Valencia is the latest region to experience severe forest fires during Spain’s prolonged heatwave that has seen tens of thousands of acres of woodland destroyed. The Association of British Travel Agents (Abta) said the relaxation of the rules was great news as Spain is the most popular summer holiday destination for Britons. 0 views, 1 likes, 0 loves, 0 comments, 0 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from BBC News: A stolen car found stuck in a busy Spanish metro station has had to be removed by firefighters. The Valencian president, Ximo Puig, said that more than 1,000 people have been evacuated from their homes as high winds fanned the flames in Bejís, Valencia, adding that two firefighters had also suffered burns. “Once they saw that they were surrounded by fire they got back on the train and several of them had suffered burns,” a spokesperson for the Spanish rail company Renfe said. All the very latest local news, sport, crime, comment, tourism and whats on for English-speaking residents in the Balearic Islands. At the moment everyone over 12 has to be. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well. Unvaccinated British teenagers will be allowed into Spain from Monday with a negative PCR test, Spanish tourism minister Fernando Valds has told the BBC.
The train, with 48 passengers on board, stopped and before the driver had managed to reverse away from the fire, several passengers broke the windows and escaped on to the tracks. BBC News is an operational business division 1 of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. Spain is a relatively small player in modern Middle Eastern politics but because of its. Dramatic footage shows a man fleeing the wildfire after it engulfed his excavator, before halting train as it tore through the area.