THE BEST FINANCE NEWS ON PAGES 18 - 22 Issue No. 1933
21 - 27 July 2022
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HERO WORKERS TRIBUTES have been flood‐ ing in from social media and the Axarquia and Costa del Sol communities after fire professionals have been forced to battle several blazes in Andalucia. In Axarquia, a forest fire broke out in Competa on Monday, July 18 at around 7pm. Flames were seen burning very close to residential ar‐ eas located to the north of the town, and were visible on a video released by Plan Infoca. Three helicopters were deployed to tackle the out‐ break, including a Super Puma helicopter, a Kamov helicopter, and a medium‐ heavy helicopter, according to Plan Infoca. On the ground, 25 specialised forest firefighters were deployed to the area, along with two operations technicians and an environmental officer. Later on the same evening, Plan Infoca tweeted on its official profile that the
Credit: Nerja Town Hall
Part of the procession was in the water.
Credit: Angel Matt photography
FIRE HEROES: Professionals have worked tirelessly to control the Costa del Sol’s recent fires.
forest fire in Competa had been ‘stabilised’. Meanwhile, the Costa del Sol area of Mijas suffered a large fire on Friday, July 15, which scorched more than 2,000 hectares of land and blazed for two days before finally being declared “sta‐ bilised” on Sunday, July 17. Police are now investigat‐ ing whether the fire was started intentionally or negli‐ gently while there have also been accusations that Mijas
Council had failed to sign up to a Junta de Andalucia plan on fire prevention, which was introduced last sum‐ mer. Starting in El Higueron, the fire rapidly spread to Alhau‐ rin de la Torre and Alhaurin el Grande. The Minister of Agricul‐ ture, Livestock, Fisheries and Sustainable Development of the Junta de Andalucía, Car‐ men Crespo, from the Ad‐ vanced Command Post, said
the forest fire was not due to natural causes. Meanwhile Junta de An‐ dalucia president Juanma Moreno thanked the more than 400 people who worked to battle the blaze. Spain’s current heatwave and low relative humidity have made forest fires a re‐ current feature of the na‐ tional news over the last week, with high wind speeds in some places also helping to spread the flames.
“A huge thank you from the Euro Weekly News and the Costa del Sol community to the fearless essential workers who risk so much to help others. We are proud to live in a community which comes together when people need it most.”
Tamsin Brown T H E Almuñecar Town Hall has announced that it will pay tribute to the sporting careers of three of its most outstanding athletes at a later date. The first athlete is the handball player Paula García Ávila, who has played more than 200 matches in the Guerreras Iberdrola League. She has been part of the Spanish national handball team, with which she won gold at the 2016 Mediter‐ ranean Games.
The second athlete is the cyclist Carlos Ro‐ dríguez Cano, who is competing in the UCI World Tour. He is the first cyclist from Almuñecar to reach the highest category of professional cycling. Aged just 21, he is a fan‐ tastic example for the municipality’s children and young people to fol‐ low. The third is the athlet‐ ics champion Una Stancev, who has reached the highest level of na‐
Credit: Almuñecar Town Hall
Well done MEDAL: Cyclist Carlos Rodríguez Cano.
tional athletics, becoming the Spanish champion in the high jump at the Spanish championship re‐ cently held in Nerja.
Return of the celebrations NERJA and other municipalities along the coast held festivi‐ ties in honour of the Virgen del Carmen, the patron of the sea and the Spanish Armada, on July 16. After two years of re‐ strictions, the traditional maritime land procession finally took place. The departure began at 7pm, after mass, and went through the streets and along the coastline, from El Playazo to Burriana. The procession then got onto boats at Torrecilla and got off at Calahonda. The events concluded with a firework display at the Balcony of Europe. The mayor of Nerja, José Alberto Armijo, congratulated the members of the Brotherhood of Our Lady Virgen del Carmen for organising “this day that is important for our town and our fishermen and sailors.” He also highlighted the impor‐ tance of the celebration as a religious and cultural festival.