
The Andalusian forest-fighting body, Infoca, has declared the three fires in the provinces that broke out over the weekend as “extinguished.”
The western end of Asturias is being threatened by over 100 different forest fires. The idea that they could be from natural causes is remote, to say the least.
The Granada Fire Service is not happy with their new fire trucks, which have a tendency, to roll over.
Well, the number of forest and mountain brush fires is 85% down on the same period 2012 but even so the devastation is heartbreaking – it always is.
For the last two years, members of the forest fire-fighting brigade (INFOCA) claim, they have had to make do with fewer men, vehicles and materials.
Fires in the North-West corner of Spain have resulted in two tourists jumping to their deaths from a cliff in an attempt to escape the advancing flames. A reader from nearby Figueres has written in with news from that town.
Or if you would prefer it in plain English, instead of RAF WW2 banter: Juan Carlos Gomez, Infoca pilot based in near the Pantano de Bermejales, crash landed after hitting a cable.