Its perimeter remains "unstable", according to the authorities, and it is still not under control.
A fire ravaged the Cap de Creus natural park in Catalonia (Spain) on Saturday, having already affected at least 400 hectares of vegetation and leading to the evacuation of several hundred people.
The disaster broke out on Friday morning in the town of Llança, about twenty kilometers from the French border, according to firefighters.
It already affects the forest areas of several municipalities of the natural park, a very touristy Mediterranean enclave of the Iberian Peninsula.
The fire was obviously caused by the negligence of a motorist who threw out a cigarette butt, "which is scandalous," Catalan Interior Minister Joan Ignasi Elena told media after meeting with the regional fire brigade command.
"We are going through a very complicated summer with a climate favorable to fires," added Joan Ignasi Elena, who called on citizens to be "careful", specifying that French help was called to the rescue.
Residents of the campsite relocated
More than 200 Catalan firefighters are currently trying to overcome the flames, with air support from several helicopters and bomber planes.
Among the 350 people evacuated, there are residents of several neighboring municipalities as well as a hundred residents of a local campsite, some of whom have been relocated to sports centers in the area.
Due to its hot and dry climate, Spain, the second largest tourist destination in the world before the pandemic, is regularly hit in summer by major forest fires which, according to experts, threaten to become more frequent and more violent due to of global warming.
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