A fast-moving wildfire tearing through the Costa Brava has left more than 12,000 people confined to their homes as flames continue to spread across dry forest and rural land, with firefighters still unable to bring the blaze under control.

A fast-moving wildfire tearing through the Costa Brava has left more than 12,000 people confined to their homes as flames continue to spread across dry forest and rural land, with firefighters still unable to bring the blaze under control.