Spanish villagers devastated by forest fire win €468m in lottery prizes

Mayor of La Bañeza says winning El Gordo Christmas lottery is something that has fallen from the heavensWhen the village of La Bañeza in Castilla y León was engulfed in one of the worst forest fires in Spanish history, the rain came too late to save it.But now the Christmas lottery has showered its 10,000 inhabitants with hundreds of millions of euros.