9,000 people evactuated after massive tyre fire near Madrid

More than 9,000 people have been evacuated from a large apartment complex near Madrid after a raging fire at a tyre dump sent toxic clouds of black smoke into the sky, Spanish officials said.

About 8,000 apartment dwellers had already left their homes in Sesena as the thick smoke poured out from the fire that started before dawn, the regional government of Castilla-La Mancha announced.