
The Andalusian forest-fighting body, Infoca, has declared the three fires in the provinces that broke out over the weekend as “extinguished.”
The fire is out and locals have been allowed to return to their homes but the devastation is heartbreaking.
Although we use Lújar in the title, the fire is no longer restricted to the area around the village: Los Carlos, Rubite Olías & Fregenite were also evacuated.
Motril Councillor for Citizen Safety announced that the town’s emergency services are coordinating with Andalusian fores-fire service Infoca, as more aircraft are deployed.
A fire broke out this morning around 10.28h in the Sierra de Lújar, near Gualchos. At the moment there are five aircraft and two fire trucks working to control the fire.
There was a mountain-brush fire in the Gualchos area on Thursday the 18th, which was reported at 14.00h.
There was a fire in the municipality of Vélez Benaudalla Sunday the 7th that destroyed about ten hectares of abandoned farming land and mountain brush.
On Thursday the 4th, the day before the Rio Seco Alto fire, a hillside not far from Lanjarón went up in flames.
The recent fire in Cenes de la Vega, just outside Granada, destroyed 200 hectares of shrub and pine forest before finally being extinguished two days later.
One my way to Granada, with the city in sight, I could see to the right of the autovia an immense cloud of smoke – mountain woodlands were inflames.