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Spain: 500 more evacuated from path of La Palma forest fire

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    In this image made from video on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016, a forest fire rages in La Palma on the Canary Islands, Spain. 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 neighborhoods in the town of Villa de Mazo took place Sunday morning shortly after midnight as the fire spread through the hilly terrain. (Wikono via AP) (The Associated Press)

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    In this image made from video on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016, a forest fire rages in La Palma on the Canary Islands, Spain. 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 neighborhoods in the town of Villa de Mazo took place Sunday morning shortly after midnight as the fire spread through the hilly terrain. (Wikono via AP) (The Associated Press)

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 neighborhoods in the town of Villa de Mazo took place 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 (9,900 acres) of forest.

A 27-year-old German man admitted to police Friday that he had started the fire accidentally by burning some of his soiled toilet paper.