1,000 tourists evacuated after fire in southern Italy

A Canadair water bomber fights a wildfire. AFP file photo.

Around 1,000 tourists were evacuated on Wednesday after a wildfire broke out in the southern Italian region of Puglia, firefighters said.Three Canadair water bombers and a helicopter were deployed to try to contain the blaze in a wooded coastal area in the Gargano sub-region."The fire is being tackled from the land and from the air,"...