MADRID (Reuters) - Firefighters backed by over a dozen aircraft battled forest blazes raging in Spain's northwestern region of Galicia since Thursday, cutting motorways and forcing the evacuation of several villages, regional authorities said on Friday.
Fanned by strong winds amid hot and dry weather, the wildfires have destroyed over 500 hectares of forest so far.
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