MADRID (AFP) - Firefighters backed by planes and helicopters battled towering flames in southern Spain Monday, trying to tame a forest fire that forced 200 people to evacuate, officials said. Whipped up by warm winds, the blaze spread quickly in the popular tourist province of Malaga. The fire broke out yesterday in high temperatures, winds of more than 20 kilometres per hour (12 mph), and a breakout zone made up of thicket and pine groves, said a statement by the Andalusia regions firefighters. The authorities evacuated about 200 people from three towns Marbella, Mijas, and Ojen on Sunday, a Malaga local government official said.