About 4,500 hectares of land have been affected by the fire
ByThe fire in La Palma started in the early hours of Saturday morning in El Pinar de Puntagorda, a wooded area at the north of the island in the Canaries.Europe swelters in a heatwave and at least 12 houses were destroyed, authorities said.
The Spanish army deployed 150 of its firefighters to help local crews battle the blaze and other firefighters are arriving from the neighbouring island of Tenerife, Clavijo said.
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