Madrid: Spanish authorities have evacuated 500 more residents in the path of a five-day-old forest fire on the Atlantic island of La Palma.
The regional government for the Canary Islands archipelago says the evacuation of two neighbourhoods in the town of Villa de Mazo took place on Sunday morning shortly after midnight as the fire spread through the hilly terrain.
The latest evacuation comes only hours after authorities said some of the 2,500 residents previously evacuated could return to their homes.
The blaze has claimed the life of one forest worker and destroyed around 4,000 hectares of forest.
A 27-year-old German man admitted to police on Friday that he had started the fire accidentally by burning some of his soiled toilet paper.
