There have been a couple of fires in Nerja; one affected a house and the other a campervan in the proximity of Rio Chíllar.
Axarquia
News from Nerja and Axarquia
Maro Beach Drugs Bust
by Hugh MacArthur •
A police operation resulted in a drugs bust on a Maro (Nerja) beach during the early hours of the 1st of June.
Molotov Virgin
by Hugh MacArthur •
A man carried out a molotov-cocktail attack on the idol of the Virgen de los Desamparados in a convent in Vélez-Málaga at the beginning of May.
El Morche Suicide Averted
by Vivienne Hughes •
A Torrox Policía Local patrol managed to stop a man from committing suicide in the early hours of the 6th in his holiday flat near the mouth of Río Güi (El Morche).
Sewage Treatment Woes
by Martin Myall •
Yes, we’re obviously talking about Nerja, whose new sewage-treatment-plant work must be going faster than light… as its going backwards – just joking.
Germans Killed in Plane Crash
by Vivienne Hughes •
Three German citizens were killed in a plane crash involving a light aircraft in the Axarquia This is the second such accident in that area.
Nerja Fire Station Blues
by Hugh MacArthur •
Since the protest by about 30 firemen in front of the wholely inadequate fire deport in Nerja in March this year, little has happened, but the banners and signature book remain.
Franco, Falangists & Nerja
by Martin Myall •
Franco is long dead but there are still many people in Spain who are fanatic supporters – the funeral service in Nerja for a Franco-era minister was a demonstration of this.
No to Maro Golf
by Hugh MacArthur •
A neighbourhood association for Nerja and Maro is collecting signatures against the macro, urban development project that includes an 18-hole golf course in Maro.
Endesa Electrician Scam
by Hugh MacArthur •
This time it was con artists mascarading as electricitians from Sevillana-Endesa operating in Nerja and targeting elderly foreign residents.