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July 23rd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Many of the tourists that made it to the beach in Portbou suffered injuries
ranging from broken bones and burns in their dash down the hillsides with no
well-used paths, Cortaba said.
The fires that broke out Sunday in several parts of the Catalonia region
forced more than 1,400 people to stay the night in shelters. Fires were
still burning on Monday in many places, with roads cut off because of
billowing smoke. In some areas farmers were helping firefighters by driving
water tanker trucks to burning areas.
Train service in the region was suspended and several cross-border roads
linking Barcelona with France closed on Sunday because of the advancing
flames, regional government spokesman Felip Puig said on Sunday.
Santiago Villa, mayor of Figueres, which houses the famous Salvador Dali
museum, said he had ordered the city’s 44,000 residents to stay indoors
until further notice.
The fire service said in a statement that more than 80 teams had been deployed
to combat the wildfires.
The Interior Ministry said in a statement that it had sent three specially
equipped aircraft to dump water on the fires.
A north wind called the Tramontana is a regular feature in mountainous
northeastern Spain, and its strong gusts that often exceed 100mph can spread
fires rapidly across the heavily forested area.
Source: AP
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