Moroccan authorities said a man has died in severe fires that have devastated remote forested areas in northern Morocco since Wednesday, leading to the evacuation of about a thousand families, explaining in a statement that “the body of a man with multiple burns was found” in one of the fires. Larache area.

According to a non-conclusive report received by Agence France-Presse, at least 1,600 hectares of forest have been destroyed in the states of Larache, El Wazzan, Tetouan and Taza in the northwest. About 15 villages in the affected areas of Larache. About 645 residents were evacuated to the states of Taza and Tetouan.

In Tetouan, not far from the port of Tangier, about seventy houses were burned, about a hundred head of cattle died.

Hundreds of civil defence, water and forestry, the Royal Armed Forces and the Royal Gendarmerie were mobilized, as well as Turbo-Trash aircraft belonging to the Royal Gendarmerie. Volunteers and local authorities helped stop the fire from spreading. Reinforcements were also sent to the scene.

Local authorities have indicated that one of the fires has been extinguished and the other is under control in Larache state.

For several days, Morocco is subject to heat waves with temperatures approaching 45 degrees Celsius, while the country experiences exceptional drought and water shortages.

It should be noted that on the other side of the Strait of Gibraltar, fires are blazing in southern Europe, from Portugal to Greece, through Spain and France.