A RAGING inferno on the Montgó mountain between Dénia and Jávea (Alicante province) is spreading out of control in both directions, and has already led to entire urbanisations being evacuated.
It started at around 16.00hrs in the Cabo de San Antonio bay in Jávea, and the roads to the windmills above the cliffs have been closed.
On the other side of the mountain, the Las Rotas coast road in Dénia has been shut to traffic and all residents on the Lloma del Castanyar urbanisation and in the El Gerro tower area have been evacuated.
Several hundred evacuees have been given beds in the main hall of Dénia sports centre.
In Jávea, residents in the Creuat and La Plana areas are being evacuated from their homes, and some who live within 100 metres of the flames have chosen to leave of their own accord.
Anyone within a radius of approximately 500 metres is advised to grab what they can if they have time, collect their pets and get out.
Homes have already been burnt to the ground on the Dénia side and it is thought that a few in Jávea may have gone up.
Many of the evacuees and those whose houses have burnt down are expatriates, largely of British nationality.
Photograph: Local Fire and Weather Watch site on Facebook
