
Drivers on their way down to the coast on the A-44 were surprised to see flames in the brush alongside the autovía with Infoca crews out dealing with it around midday yesterday.
The area of Almuñécar known as the Loma del Gato, which is above Taramay and borders on Itrabo, saw a brush fire on Sunday, close to the A-7 autovía.
The recent mountain-brush fire near Gualchos was allegedly caused by a women with mental health issues, according to the Guardia Civil.
There was a brush fire near Vélez-Málaga that produced so much smoke next to the autovia exit for the A-356 that it was temporarily closed to traffic.
On Friday the 26th, firemen from Motril had their work cut out for them putting out a fire in Salobreña, not far from the gasoline station.
The Guardia Civil brought two suspects before the magistrate, accused of starting two mountain-brush fires; one in Lentegí and the other in Molvízar around mid March.
There was a mountain-brush fire in the Gualchos area on Thursday the 18th, which was reported at 14.00h.