9 Aug, 2017 @ 19:35
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IN PICTURES: Photos emerge from inside the blaze currently being tackled in Estepona

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All photos courtesy of Proteccion Civil Estepona

PHOTOS emerging from the fire blazing in Estepona show roads blacked out by smoke and bright orange flames.

In one photo the fires can be seen tearing through an urbanisation, metres away from cars and houses.

It comes as at least two helicopters and 16 firefighters are tackling flames in the El Velerin and Dominio Beach urbanisations.

All photos courtesy of Proteccion Civil Estepona

The cause of the fire is unknown but there are fears it could spread to nearby forest areas if it is not dealt with quickly.

All photos courtesy of Proteccion Civil Estepona

It comes after days of temperatures in the high 30s and 40s thanks to heatwave ‘lucifer’, which is being blamed for causing fires across Southern Europe this week.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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