Volunteers from the Protección Civil de Nerja staged an emergency exercise to approve their rapid response to a hypothetical car accident inside a motorway tunnel.
Tag Archive for fire
Almuñécar Fire was Arson
by Martin Myall •
It appears that somebody deliberately put the lives of 150 block residents at risk when they decided to torch the underground car park. Although the flames did not reach the apartments above, the thick toxic smoke did, forcing their evacuation.
The Day After
by Martin Myall •
Twenty-four hours after the residents of the Almuñécar apartment blocks affected by the basement fire were evacuated, all of them are either staying in public accommodation (hotels) or with family and friends. A total of 72 flats were affected.
Basement Garage Gutted By Fire
by Martin Myall •
A major fire-fighting incident took place in Almuñécar in the early hours of Today when a fire broke out in the basement garage running under several apartment blocks.
Bad Day
by David Darby •
Off to British Columbia in Canada now and the tale of a man who recently had what must have been one of the worst days of his life.
Pedigree Dogs Perish in Fire
by Martin Myall •
A fire at a dog kennel in the Irish Republic resulted in the deaths of 14 dogs, amongst them one belonging to a Almuñécar breeder, José Antonio Joya Martín.
A Fire in An Operating Theatre
by Martin Myall •
A maintenance worker suffered burns to 35% of his body after an electrical fire broke out in an operating threatre at the Hospital Clínica Inmaculada, Granada. A second worker involved was also treated for less serious burns.
Fire in Los Pinos
by Martin Myall •
The Almuñécar fire service had to deal with a small fire on the Urbanización Los Pinos today. Resident were temporarily evacuated from their houses.
Fuentes Fire
by Martin Myall •
An intense blaze broke out in the undergrowth near the Urbanización Fuentes de Almuñécar, which is near Urbanización Citasol, Taramay. Around 150 metres of brush and undergrowth went up in flames around midnight during last week.
Emergency Exercise in La Herradura
by Martin Myall •
Passersby may have been surprised by all the commotion around Hotel Almijarra on the 25th, with the police and emergency services pouring in and out of the building, but there was no cause for concern as it was all emergency exercise, or a simulacro, as they say in Spanish.