
Órgiva Town Hall thanked both the Servicio de Protección de Menores belonging to the Guardia Civil and the Policía Local after taking several children from the Beneficio Commune into care.
A huge catastrophe was narrowly avoided by the prompt action of the Infoca, fire fighters in Cañar, in the Alpujarra on the 2nd. As is the case in far too many forest or mountain brush fires, it appears that the fire was deliberately started.