Several mountain villages have been evacuated due to a forest fire in the country’s southern Valais region. Efforts to bring the blaze under control are ongoing.
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Cientos de evacuados por un incendio forestal en los Alpes suizos
The fire above Bitsch, a municipality in canton Valais, started on Monday and spread rapidly, fanned by strong winds, to cover an area of some 100 hectares.
Over 200 residents of villages including Oberried and Ried-Mörel have been evacuated, while other local areas have been warned of possible rockfalls.
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