A grass fire near Urbanización Delta (above Taramay) near the N-345 had the Almuñécar fire service out during the early afternoon of the 8th.
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Holding The Line
by Hugh MacArthur •
The Infoca fire-fighters didn’t get much of a rest after last summer owing to out-of-season fires but they’re ready to go again now.
The Forest-Fire Season Begins
by Martin Myall •
El Plan de Emergencia por Incendios Forestales, better known as Plan Infoca, is now operative at its maximum state, and will remain so until the 15th of October.
Mountain Fire Molvizar
by Martin Myall •
There is scant information available but there is a fire somewhere between Ítrabo and Móvizar, plainly visible from Motril, Salobreña and Otívar – where I am.
Galicia Burns
by Martin Myall •
Galicia has always been synonymous with lush, green countryside and rolling forests but a combination of arsonists and a bludgeoning drought is turning swathes of the region into wasteland.
Guajares Fire Extinguished
by Hugh MacArthur •
The fire in the Los Guajares was declared ‘extinguished’ by infoca on Monday the 11th around 12.00h.
A Sea Rescue Easter
by Vivienne Hughes •
Salvamento Marítimo rescued 52 people, 11 of whom were women, all cramped into a zodiac-type dingy 36 miles of the coast of Granada on Good Friday. It was to be a busy Easter weekend.
Small Alpujarra Fire
by Vivienne Hughes •
It’s not only the weather that gives the sensation of the summer lingering, because this lack of rain is also prolonging the fire season.
Lújar Burns Again
by Hugh MacArthur •
A fire was declared in the municipality of Lújar (Behind Motril) today at 16.12h – it was only last year that Lújar suffered a devastating forest fire.
The Alpujarra Crafty Crop
by Martin Myall •
Guardia Civil units deployed in La Alpujarra have carried out 21 raids so far this year and confiscated 1,200 cannabis sativa plants.