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.
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Lújar Fire Updated
by Martin Myall •
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.
Forest Fire Threatens Lujar
by Martin Myall •
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.
Costa Farmers Might Have To Dump Excessive Crop
by Vivienne Hughes •
Cucumbers or pepinos love our climate and given any excuse, they overpopulate the greenhouses, flood the markets and push prices down. Readers will remember the cucumber heaps on Carchuna beach a few years back.
Unexploded Artillery Shell on Lujar Road
by Hugh MacArthur •
The Guardia Civil carried out a controlled explosion of a Civil-War-era artillery shell, found next to a road in the municipality of Lujar.
Unexploded Artillery Shell in Lujar
by Hugh MacArthur •
The Spanish Civil War concluded 75 years ago but every once in a while somebody finds an unexploded bomb or shell. This time it was in the Sierra de Lujar, above Gualchos.
Armed Kidnapping in Lújar
by Martin Myall •
Anybody that’s been to this village the other side of Motril would not expect its only bar to have been the scene of a kidnapping at gunpoint.
Romanian Burglars Nabbed
by Martin Myall •
The Guardia Civil has arrested an alleged gang of Romanian burglars who have been targeting cortijos around Gualchos. Four people were arrested in all.
East Costa Tropical Rubbish Problems
by Vivienne Hughes •
Travelling East along the coast of Granada, once you get to Motril the greenhouses start, and where there are greenhouses, you have rubbish. Perhaps for this reason the locals of Castell, Gualchos, Lújar, Polops and Carchuna-Calahonda are aware and troubled by the problem.
Police Not Silly
by Martin Myall •
A man from Mamola (coastal town to the east of Motril) was arrested by the Guardia Civil, accused of submitting a false robbery report with the aim of illegally obtaining compensation from his car insurance company.