Costa Almería News & Information

THUNDER and lightning in the province of Almería caused three fires yesterday and emergency services are still working on putting them out.

A FOUR-METRE-LONG fish of an unidentified breed has been found on the shores of the Almanzora caves near the Luis Siret beach in Villaricos (Almería).

COASTGUARD officials have rescued 30 men and three women from a precarious rowing-boat heading for Spain from north Africa via the 'back door'.

THREE young teenagers have been arrested for starting a fire in an Almería province cave which killed two 16-year-old women and a 20-year-old man.

SURVIVORS of a migrant boat which capsized out to sea were brought to safety at Almería port last night (Tuesday) after a woman and a 10-year-old girl lost their lives and a man went missing.

POOR visibility resulting from thick fog forced two flights to Almería to be diverted to Málaga yesterday (Saturday).

A FULL health and safety inquiry has been ordered into a fairground ride in the province of Almería after a 14-year-old girl was flung clear of her cabin in mid-air.

A CAPSIZED raft found in the Alborán Sea was carrying 52 would-be migrants, but only three have been found so far.

FIREFIGHTERS in El Ejido (Almería province) rescued a man trapped in a rubbish collection lorry this morning (Monday).

A DOLPHIN calf has died on a beach in Mojácar (Almería province) after the stress caused by hundreds of bathers handling and crowding round her led to her suffering a heart attack.

ITALIAN legend Sophia Loren is the latest celebrity to earn herself a star on Almería's Walk of Fame – in a city she knows well after having filmed there in 1971.

A COURT in Almería has held that an employee who committed suicide after a row with a customer died in a 'work-related accident', meaning his next of kin is entitled to claim compensation.