Spanish wildfire kills 1 firefighter, forces evacuations

MADRID (AP) — Authorities in southern Spain say one firefighter has died and nearly 1,000 people have been evacuated as a worsening wildfire is tearing through forest land. The blaze in a mountain range of the Malaga province broke out late Wednesday and grew, fanned by winds of up to 50 kilometers per hour with shifting directions. Arson is suspected. Some 940 people were evacuated near the resort town of Estepona and three other municipalities, the Andalusia regional authorities said. The region’s fire extinguishing service, Infoca, said late Thursday that a 44-year-old firefighter perished as a result of burns caused by the flames.