The recent mountain-brush fire near Gualchos was allegedly caused by a women with mental health issues, according to the Guardia Civil.
Tag Archive for infoca
Unsafe Infoca Helicopters?
by Hugh MacArthur •
(DCU 07) A national workers union has denounced the state of the infoca aircraft based at the Los Moralillos near the provincial capital of Granada.
Gualchos Mountain Fire
by Hugh MacArthur •
A mountain-brush fire in Gualchos (Castell de Ferro) broke out yesterday and thanks to the quick response of Infoca it was declared extinguished at 16.57h that same day.
The Forest-Fire Season Begins
by Martin Myall •
El Plan de Emergencia por Incendios Forestales, better known as Plan Infoca, is now operative at its maximum state, and will remain so until the 15th of October.
Jete Barranco Fire
by Vivienne Hughes •
Fire personnel from Almuñécar and two Infoca units tackled a mountain-brush fire on the Jete road just beyond the gasolinera heading north.
Taramay Brush Fire
by Hugh MacArthur •
Benaudalla Fire Controlled
by Hugh MacArthur •
The Vélez de Benaudalla fire was declared “controlled” around 17.00h Saturday. The fire broke out the previous day causing a large column of smoke near the canyon.
Mountain Fire Molvizar
by Martin Myall •
There is scant information available but there is a fire somewhere between Ítrabo and Móvizar, plainly visible from Motril, Salobreña and Otívar – where I am.
Guajares Fire Extinguished
by Hugh MacArthur •
The fire in the Los Guajares was declared ‘extinguished’ by infoca on Monday the 11th around 12.00h.
Infoca This Summer
by Vivienne Hughes •
Well, as the end of August approached, the total of times that Infoca was called out to tackle fires was 102 times, 90% of which was for forest fires.

