FOG BLOG WORLD LOG: HUNDREDS IN ARGENTINA FLEE FROM WALL OF FIRE STARTED BY CAMPER, MAKING COFFEE!

Ferocious wildfires surrounded a resort city in Argentina overnight, forcing the mass evacuation of hundreds of families during an intense heatwave.

Alarming footage shows a wall of flames tearing towards the resort city of Villa Carlos Paz, with a population of 56,000, in the Punilla Valley of the central Cordoba province as temperatures reached 35C.

Almost 1,000 firefighters are tackling the inferno, which broke out on Monday. Emergency teams have been using eight firefighting planes and two helicopters and have been helped by members of the public using buckets and hoses.

A 27-year-old man accused of starting the fire has been detained, according to local media. It has been reported the suspect told police he started a campfire to make coffee and lost control of the flames due to strong winds.