Dad, Kid Die Leaping From Cliff To Escape Spain Wildfire

Spain Wildfire

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.

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