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An aerial view of the Taim Ecological Station on fire, in Rio Grande do Sul state, southern Brazil, on March 27, 2013.
A wildfire that started on Tuesday has consumed around 1,400 acres of a protected ecological station in southern Brazil. The fire at the Taim Ecological Station is at risk of spreading further, Agence France-Presse reports, since there is limited access to water.
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A firefighter screams as a forest fire grows behind him in an area close to the house of former painter Oswaldo Guayasamin in Quito, Ecuador on September 12, 2012.
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Smoke from a fire billows in a forest in the metropolitan district of Quito on September 12, 2012.
More than 1,000 hectares of forest have been burned since a series of fires started two weeks ago in the Ecuadorian province of Pichincha, according to the country's Ministry of Environment.
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Firefighters find themselves in a life-threatening situation as they use hoses to fight a forest fire in Quinta da Sobreira, central Portugal, on Sept. 4.
This has been one of the worst summers in many years for forest fires in Portugal and the nation's civil defense says they have deployed more than 1,700 firefighters to combat fires in the center and north of the country.
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Firefighters combat a forest fire in Quinta da Sobreira, central Portugal, on Sept. 4.
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Smoke from a forest fire fills the air in Alvaiazere, near Ourem, Portugal, on Sept. 4.
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Firefighters combat a forest fire in Alvaiazere, near Ourem, Portugal, Sept. 4.
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A firefighting helicopter transporting a water bucket heads towards a fire in Ojen, southern Spain, on Aug. 31. Spanish officials say some 4,000 people have been evacuated from their houses as a wildfire abetted by strong winds spread rapidly through hills around the popular southern tourist city of Marbella.
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Firefighters work to control a raging forest fire as trees are engulfed in flames next to a road in Ojen, southern Spain, on Aug. 31.
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A firefighter stands near the site of a wildfire in Ojen, near the town of Malaga, on Aug. 31. Some 4,000 people were evacuated from the area. More than 250 firefighters on the ground, backed by eight planes and nine helicopters, battled the blaze after hot, dry winds sent it racing through tinder-dry forest in southern Spain.
Reuters -- A wildfire raging out of control along southern Spain's Costa del Sol killed one man, injured several people and forced the evacuation of thousands on the edge of the upmarket tourist resort of Marbella, regional authorities said on Friday.
More than 300 firefighters were battling the flames, which had spread several kilometers along hilly ground behind the coast, and 31 planes and helicopters were dumping water on the blaze.
Millions of tourists visit the Costa del Sol, famed for its beaches and nightlife, every year and hundreds of thousands of expatriates from northern Europe live on the coastal belt.
"The fire is horrific, with flames 10 to 15 meters high," Angel Nozal, the mayor of Mijas, an inland town between Marbella and Malaga, told the national daily El Pais.
The charred body of an elderly man was found in Ojen, north of Marbella, and a man and a woman in their fifties were taken to the city's Costa del Sol hospital after suffering serious burns, the regional government of Andalusia said.
The fire broke out on Thursday near the port city of Malaga and raced westward through tinder-dry hilly countryside, fanned by strong winds and high temperatures.
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A light aircraft sprays water with an extinguishing agent over a forest fire along a motorway in Calahonda, Malaga, southern Spain, on Aug. 31. Forest fires continue to expand due to the high temperatures and the fanning wind and forced the evacuation of thousands of people in the Sierra Negra (Black Mountains) the day before on 30 August 2012.
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Burnt out land is seen around a house atop a hill after a forest fire in Ojen, southern Spain, on Aug. 31.
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Firemen try to extinguish a fire near Figueres, northeastern Spain on July 23, 2012. The fire had been brought under control by Monday morning, but the main roads in the area remained closed.
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Firemen arrive to fight a fire next to a mobile home in Avinyonet de Puigventos village, near Figueres, on July 23, 2012.
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A car rides on a road close to the fire on July 23, 2012, near Figueres.
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Firefighters work to control the fire as the flames are seen near a building in La Jonquera, near the border with France, on July 22, 2012.
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A flock of 500 sheep burned by a wildfire in Darnius near La Junquera, close to the Spanish-French border, on July 23, 2012.
At least four people are dead and many more are left injured as wildfires sweep through popular tourist spots on the coast of Spain. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
The Associated Press reports — A French man and one of his three children died after they jumped along with his wife off a 164-foot cliff into the sea to flee a raging wildfire that forced them out of their car just as they were about to cross the Spanish border into France at the end of their vacation, officials said Monday.
Two other people were also killed by the weekend fires in northeastern Spain that have burned 35 square miles.
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The French mother and two children survived, as did about 150 more mostly French tourists who had to abandon their cars Sunday evening because of the wildfire, heading on foot down steep hillsides toward the beach in the border town of Portbou, said Deputy Mayor Elisabet Cortaba. Many suffered injuries ranging from broken bones to burns. Read the full story.
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A helicopter fights fire that started close to Bairro da Milharada near Odivelas, Portugal on July 18 2012.
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A fireman fights fire that started at Moleanos near the city of Alcobaca, Portugal, on July 18, 2012.
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Flames move towards houses in Funchal, on the Portuguese island of Madeira on July 18. More than 1000 firefighters are trying to extinguish forest fires after temperatures rose up to 104 degrees Fahrenheit in several areas of the country.
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A house is surrounded by flames during an wild fire near Patras, Greece, on July 18. Regional authorities declared an emergency in southwestern Greece as wildfires threatened village homes outside the city of Patras. Nine planes and one helicopter were involved in the firefighting effort Wednesday at Argyra, some 9.3 miles east of Patras, amid high winds and temperatures above 104 Fahrenheit.
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Horses from an equestrian club escape from a forest fire near the city of Patras, on July 18.
Reuters -- A wildfire raged unabated near the Greek commercial hub of Patras on Wednesday, threatening homes and prompting the evacuation of a small village and a university, officials said.
More than 120 firefighters with dozens of fire engines, eight aircraft and two helicopters battled the flames fanned by gale force winds in the southern Peloponnese region.
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A man gestures next to firefighters as a forest fire burn near the city of Patras, on July 18
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Residents are evacuated by firemen as a forest fire burn the area near the city of Patras, on July 18.
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An electricity pole is engulfed in flames in the forest of Katharonas in Nafplion, Greece, on June 20, 2012.
The European Pressphoto Agency reports — The fire broke out at dawn in Nafplion and spread quickly fanned by strong winds in the area.
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The fire was raging in a forest expanse near the coast of Karathonas, in the Peloponnese, and a firefighting team comprising 14 fire engines and their crews as well as two aircraft was battling the blaze.
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A firefighting plane tries to extinguish a forest fire in Nafplion on June 20, 2012.
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A firefighter tries to extinguish a forest fire in Nafplion on June 20, 2012.
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Firefighters and investigative police officers carry the bodies of firefighters who died battling wildfires in a mountain near Carahue, southern Chile, on Jan. 5, 2012. Nearly 50 wildfires have sprung up in southern Chile, destroying hundreds of houses, forcing the evacuations of thousands of people and causing millions of dollars in damage to the forestry and tourism industries that fuel the economy in the country's Patagonia region.
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A photograph made available on Jan. 06, 2012, showing one of the wildfires in the area of Quillon on Jan. 04.
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Rescue team members walk past burnt woodland as they carry the body of a firefighter after a forest fire near Temuco city on Jan. 05.
The Associated Press reports from SANTIAGO, Chile:
Five firefighters are dead and three others missing in Chile, where spreading wildfires are being fueled by high winds and dangerously dry conditions.
Gov. Miguel Mellado says a brigade of local firefighters was caught in the flames when winds suddenly shifted in Cautin, about 450 miles south of the capital, Santiago.
As well as those killed and missing, two other firefighters suffered severe burns as they battled blazes in the Cordillera de la Costa. Continue reading.
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Part of the Torres del Paine fire is seen on Friday along Chile's southern coast.
Hundreds of tourists and locals were ordered out of Chile's Torres del Paine national park on Friday as a wildfire quickly spread and extra firefighting resources were deployed.
President Sebastian Pinera declared the park a "disaster area," forcing the closure of Chile's most popular foreign attraction at least through January.
Some 700 tourists and dozens of workers were quickly evacuated and Pinera asked for firefighting backup from the U.S., Argentina and Australia.
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Firefighters from neighboring Argentina help battle Chile's Torres del Paine wildfire on Friday.
By Friday evening the wildfire had burned more than 22,000 acres of the 600,000-acre park, which is a U.N. World Biosphere Reserve.
Gusts up to 70 mph have fanned the blaze. What caused it is still under investigation.
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