According to Infoca (Andalusian Forest Fighting Service) a fire was declared in Albuñuelas in the Valle de Lecrín this afternoon June 16.

At the moment 63 fire-fighters, three fire trucks, four helicopters, one command plane and a single-engine, fire bomber (Skytractor) have been deployed.

The only positive thing is that the sky over the area has rain clouds and low temperatures, although actual rain seems remote.

Infoca received the alert at 16.20h. At the time of the publishing of this article the A-4050 (Suspiro de Moro/Cabra road) has been closed to traffic between kilometre point 19 and 21. To give you an idea where the road block is, the Meson los Prados is Kilometre point 27, so its six kilometres further on.

Infoca has its work cut out for it as they are simultaneously tackling forest fires in Huelva and Algeria (Níjar) and as of a few minutes ago, one near Granada on the LLano de la Perdiz.

Update: Infoca issue an update to say at 19:27h the fire was declared contained and the situation was developing favourably.

(News: Albuñuelas, Valle de Lecrin, Granada, Andalucia – Photo: Infoca)