Family jumps off cliff in bid to escape wildfire

A French family of five on holiday jumped off a seaside cliff in a desperate attempt to escape a raging wildfire, with the father and one of his children plummeting some 165ft (50m) to their deaths, authorities said.

Flames forced the family and about 150 other tourists out of their cars on Sunday night as most were returning home to France.

The group scrambled down hillsides toward the beach in the border town of Portbou to escape the blaze, said deputy mayor Elisabet Cortaba.