Inferno rages through Málaga woodland as 17 flee their homes and hotels
Inferno rages through Málaga woodland as 17 flee their homes and hotels
EMERGENCY services were forced to evacuate 17 residents in the Montes de Málaga area yesterday (Sunday) when a massive wildfire broke out, and spent the next seven hours bringing the flames under control.
They are still working on putting out the blaze at the time of publication.
Seven of the evacuees were staying at a country hotel on the El Comenar road, and the other 10 were on the Camino Jotrón, a country lane in the rural outskirts of the Costa del Sol city.
A total of 17 hydroplanes and helicopters were working on the inferno from 13.15hrs when it broke out in the Los Anayas area until nightfall at around 21.30hrs, when the 100-plus firefighters on foot and in engines swapped shifts.
They all had to stay overnight in the Málaga area ready to take up stations this morning.
So far, nobody has been injured and no homes have been damaged, but the evacuees had to spend the night in a makeshift camp set up by the Red Cross and as yet have been unable to return to their houses or hotel.
Photograph: Regional ministry for the environment and territorial ordnance of the Junta de Andalucía
