11 Firefighters Die Battling Forest Blaze
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From Times Wire Reports
Eleven firefighters trying to extinguish a forest fire sparked by a smoldering barbecue were killed in central Spain.
The charred remains of the firefighters were found together in a gully, said Rosario Arevalo, environmental chief for the central Castilla-La Mancha region where the fire occurred. Arevalo offered no further details on the deaths.
The forest fire destroyed about 12,000 acres of pine forest and forced the evacuation of hundreds of people from their villages in drought-stricken Spain.
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