Runner gored in the face and 12 others injured at San Fermin bull-running festival in Pamplona | World News

A runner was gored in the face during a chaotic bull run at Spain’s San Fermin festival on Saturday.

Six bulls rampaged past thrill-seekers running through the narrow street course in Pamplona, northern Spain.

Bodies were piled across the cobblestones during the two-and-a-half-minute run from the pen to the bull ring, where bullfighters will kill the animals later in the day.

One runner was caught in the face by a horn, while 12 more people required medical treatment for an assortment of injuries, according to the University of Navarra Hospital.

A black bull tore away from the pack early in the 875-metre run, and smashed into a group of people, hitting one of them full in the side of the face with a horn. It was unclear if this was the moment of the goring.

Saturday’s was the fifth morning run of the eight-day festival. It came as at least 12 people died while trying to flee a wildfire in southern Spain.

It is 100 years since the publication of Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises, which brought the San Fermin festival to international fame.

The last death occurred in 2009, but gorings and broken bones are common, as a large number of novice bull runners and tourists join the experienced locals.

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Almost everyone wears the traditional white shirt and trousers with red sash and neckerchief for the colourful festivities.

Animal rights activists annually campaign against the festival, claiming it is cruel to animals.