The Town Hall of Maracena has declared three days of mourning for the family that perished in a house fire Friday morning – there was only one survivor.
Blaze Claims Maracena Family
by Martin Myall •
Vega
The 41 towns surrounding the City of Granada, including
Brit Families Rescued
by Martin Myall •
The Guardia Civil traffic police rescued five children and six adults who were stuck in their cars because of ice on the road in Güéjar Sierra.
Found in a B&B Room
by Martin Myall •
News about drug busts is constant but this one sticks out a little: 245 kilos of hashish stored in a hostal room.
Woman Guilty of Animal Cruelty
by Vivienne Hughes •
A law court in Santa Fe (Granada) has found a woman guilty of animal cruelty for having neglected her dogs on her property in Vegas de Genil.
Burning Lorry Causes Tailbacks
by Hugh MacArthur •
Lanes on the A-92 had to be closed to traffic after a lorry carrying a load of foodstuffs hit against the crash barrier and began to burn.
Güejar Sierra Blaze
by Hugh MacArthur •
As far as forest fires go, there is the rule of thirty: +30ºC – 30km winds and humidity below 30 – that’s what Gúéjar Sierra had on Sunday.
Complicated Horse Rescue
by Martin Myall •
Guardia Civil officers belonging to Seprona had the difficult task of extracting a horse from a narrow irrigation channel.
Friends Miss Compañion on Walk
by Hugh MacArthur •
A group of women was out hiking when suddenly they noticed that one of their number was no longer with them – she had fallen down a barranco.
Bees in the Wall
by Martin Myall •
It’s that time of the year again, with spring less than a week away and the air alive with insects, but a wall full of bees is another matter.
Antique Artillery Shell
by Martin Myall •
Unexploded ammunition from the Spanish Civil War, over 80 years ago is often coming to light, but a shell from the 1870s?