One dead as Morocco forest fires rage
Fires ravaging remote mountain forests in northern Morocco have killed at least one person and forced the evacuation of more than 1,000 families, officials said on Friday.
Fanned by strong winds, the fires that broke out on Wednesday have destroyed 1,600 hectares (nearly 4,000 acres) of woodland in the provinces of Larache, Ouezzane, Taza and Tetouan, the authorities said.
“The body of a person suffering from multiple burns has been found” amid one of the blazes in the Larache region, the authorities said in a statement.
