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ISSUE NO. 1787
3 - 9 October 2019
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COSTA DEL SOL
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FIRE STRUCK A DOZEN homes had to be evacuated after flames swirled round a Costa del Sol urbanisation. And in a busy night for the emergency services 50 people had to be ushered to safety from a block of flats in Estepona when a blaze started in an apartment. Fire struck in the pine woods at La Arquita, in the Sierra Crestellina (Casares), leading to four homes in Arroyo Hondo and six in Celima, having to be abandoned temporarily on Tuesday night. One man took refuge in his swimming pool until firefighters arrived to rescue him. Forestry firefighting service Infoca mobilised 120 firefighters who fought through the night to bring the blaze under control, which they succeeded in doing by Wednesday (yesterday) morning. Many of them had already had to fight a fire in woodland near Estepona, which was extinguished earlier that night. The Casares fire started around 7pm and was declared a level one emergency at 8.50pm on Tuesday. Initially six aircraft and 35 firefighters were used to combat the flames.
FIRE STRUCK: In the pine woods around Casares. When the aircraft had to withdraw at nightfall extra firefighters were sent in to continue the operation on land. Meanwhile a fire broke out in the apartment block in Avenida San Lorenzo, Estepona, at about 11pm. The 50 residents were evacuated as a precaution, with a 54-year-old man needing treatment for smoke inhalation. Firefighters of the Provincial Consortium of Malaga, National Police, Local Police, Civil Protection and ambulances raced to the scene where the decision was made to evacuate the building. The residents spent the night with relatives or in hotels, reported Civil Protection.
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