We might be in the cooler autumn but there is still the risk of hill fires, as Wednesday has shown with one declared within the municipality of Nerja, up in the Parque Natural de Sierras de Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama.
There’s been another hill fire, proof that the fire season is far from over, this time in Vélez de Benaudalla in the area of the Gorgoracha (where the tunnel is).
Infoca has been tackling a hill fire in the municipality of Molvízar since yesterday, which broke out around 19.00h
The regional forest firefighting service, Infoca, declared the hill fire behind Maro (Nerja) as extinguished at 17.00h on the Wednesday the 26th.
A brush fire broke out in Motril last Saturday which required the intervention of the forestry-fire service, Infoca
Motril’s Parque de los Pueblos de América will be the venue for the Spring Festival (Fiesta de La Primavera) this coming weekend.
It was a local from nearby Quintanilla de Trigueros (Valladolid) who alerted 112 upon coming across a car in flames early last Thursday morning .
A hill fire broke out in the Los Guájares area of the Costa Tropical yesterday, requiring a deployment of Infoca
A barn full of stacked hay bales went up in flames in La Atalaya, Cañete la Real, Malaga, which was the second fire in the province on Thursday.
It has been announced that starting on the 1st of June, 700 fire-fighting personnel belonging to INFOCA will begin work protecting Granada woodlands from forest fires.