Portugal - Wildfires spreading across the Algarve

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'We could see the flames': British tourists evacuated from luxury resort on the Algarve as wildfires sweeping Portugal for the third day in a row come within one mile of hotel

British holidaymakers have been evacuated from a five-star hotel on the Algarve in Portugal, after a wildfire came dangerously close to the upmarket resort.

Hundreds of tourists were told to leave the Macdonald Monchique Resort & Spa in Monchique, some 20 miles north of Portimao, just after midnight.

Staff, who confirmed that a majority of guests were British, said they had been ordered to evacuate as the forest fire came within a mile of the hotel and flames cold be seen from the windows.

More than 1,150 firefighters are still struggling to put out the fire which started on Friday, and grew over the weekend during the heatwave currently sweeping large parts of Europe.

Portugal wildfires: British tourists evacuated from resort on Algarve | Daily Mail Online

Fortunately there appear to be no reports of casualties so far.