20 May, 2019 @ 21:15
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British expat arrested for starting forest fire on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A BRITISH expat has been arrested over a forest fire which broke out in Nerja today. 

The 43-year-old is believed to have confessed to lighting a small fire to burn some rubbish in the Cerro de San Isidro area.

Strong winds, which have been blowing for the past few weeks, matched with the area’s dry vegetation, meant a blaze soon erupted and spread rapidly.

The Brit is now facing charges of starting a fire through negligence.

The fire was brought under control at around 8pm this evening, according to INFOCA.

It raged for around seven hours, causing evacuations of several homes.

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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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