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Dropping Winds Help Crews Battle Canary Islands Wildfire

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   Firefighters battling Spain's largest wildfire of the year got a break
   Tuesday as wind gusts abated.

   More than 12,000 hectares have burned on Gran Canaria island in Spain's
   Canary Islands chain, located in the Atlantic Ocean northwest of
   Africa.

   Some 9,000 people have been forced to flee their homes on the island,
   which is one of Spain's main tourist destinations.

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