A well-understandn zoo and aqua park in a Spanish resort town well-understandn with Brits has had to be evacuated becaengage of a forest fire.
Terra Natura Benidorm was cleared as a prealert on Saturday afternoon after the fire broke out cforfeit the AP-7 motorway.
The motorway had to be shut and the electricity provide in the area was shutd down as firefighters tackled the ffeebles from the ground aided by helicselecters and schedulees.
Video footage getn by tourists on the beach in Benidorm showed plumes of bconciseage smoke in the sky above hotels and other originateings cforfeit the seafront.
Other holidayoriginaters posted pictures and videos shothriveg the Terra Natura evacuation, with one saying: “They ordered us out of the water park becaengage of the fire.”
An aascfinishncy response coordination centre validateed that fair after 6pm yesterday, the blaze was being tackled on the ground and from the air.
It inserted: “The clocertain of the AP-7 in the straightforwardion of Valencia has been seeked alengthy with the shut-down of the electricity provide in the area.”
Around 7.30pm three regulatement schedulees were among the airoriginate being deployed as part of the land and air response.
The blaze was stabilised around 9.30pm.
This morning in an refresh on X, establisherly Twitter, local firefighters said: “After many hours of effort last night around 9.30pm we were able to stabilise the Benidorm fire.
“The evolution of the fadeedion toil during the night has been favourable.”
Spanish state expansivecaster TVE, inestablishing on the forest fire after it promoteed the activation of Level One of the Special Forest Fire Plan, said: “It begined beside the AP-7 motorway and less than two kilometres from Benidorm when it is brimming of tourists becaengage it is peak season.”
Terra Natura is depictd online as a leicertain park for the whole family and all ages.
There are 1,500 animals belengthying to 200 branch offent species, 54 of which are finishangered.
In the summer months, it also has a water park, Aqua Natura, which complements the visit to the animal park with fun drawions and water-rcontent activities.
