12 Nov, 2023 @ 10:19
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BREAKING: Forest fire on Spain’s Costa del Sol: Residents are evacuated as Level 1 emergency is declared

A FOREST fire is currently raging on the Costa del Sol.

According to Andalucia’s firefighting service INFOCA, a fire was declared in Mijas at around 4am on Sunday.

The flames have taken hold in the Venta los Condes area.

Two helicopters and five ground teams have been roped in to tackle the inferno.

Residents in the Valtocado urbanisation have been evacuated and taken to a makeshift shelter at the Osunillas sports centre.

Firefighters have been called in from Mijas, Fuengirola, Marbella and Benalmadena, while INFOCA has declared a Level 1 emergency.

More to follow…

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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