Hundreds evacuated as Spain’s fire season starts early

A forest fire burns in the hills near Villanueva de Viver, Spain, in the early hours of Friday March 24 2023 (Lorena Sopena/Europa Press/AP)

More than 1,500 people have been evacuated as a major forest fire rages in Spain’s eastern Castellon province.

It marks an early start to the nation’s fire season amid bone dry conditions.