One dead and hundreds evacuated due to Morocco wildfires

The interior ministry said that one person has died in the fires and more than 1,500 hectares of forest have been destroyed

Firefighting planes drop water to put out a forest blaze in Laarache, northern Morocco (AP)

Firefighters and the military have struggled to contain three wildfires in northern Morocco that have killed at least one person as hundreds of residents evacuated their homes.

Efforts to extinguish the blazes have been hampered by high temperatures and strong winds in the North African country.