Several fires raging around Spain’s eastern Costa Blanca resorts on Sunday and Monday forced more than 1,000 residents and tourists to flee, emergency services said.
According to the Associated Press, more than 200 firefighters were deployed to the area near Valencia — about 220 miles southeast of Madrid — to tackle the fires that started Sunday afternoon.
Officials evacuated over 1,000 people late on Sunday from Javea, where more than half the residents are foreigners and the resort of Benitatxell.
According to the BBC, authorities believe arson is to blame for the fires that raged through vegetation and destroyed buildings in the town of Javea and other areas along the coast.
“The hand of man again was involved in a very precise way, choosing the hottest day of the year,” Jose Maria Angel, the head of the Valencia region’s emergency services, told Spanish radio.
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