BENAHAVIS, Spain (Reuters) – A wildfire in mountains in southern Spain has compelled the evacuation of the centre of the town of Benahavis, a district that’s dwelling to 7,000 folks, and three firefighters have been injured, authorities mentioned.
The blaze began on Wednesday afternoon on the slopes of Pujerra mountain in the Sierra Bermejain, above the Costa del Sol, a magnet for British vacationers on the Andalusia coast, Andalusia’s Wildfire Department (INFOCA) mentioned on Twitter.
Hot summer time climate and opposed winds are stoking the blaze, it mentioned in a publish late on Wednesday.
As many as 200 firemen from the division along with 100 army personnel and 50 firefighters from different Costa del Sol cities are battling the fireplace.
Spotter plane have been over the realm early on Thursday.
“Sadly, we’ve to report that three firefighters from INFOCA suffered burns of various sorts and one in all them has 25% of his physique burned and was evacuated to Malaga hospital,” Andalusia’s regional president Juanma Moreno instructed reporters.
Another wildfire ravaged that very same mountain vary in September, decreasing no less than 7,780 hectares (30 sq. miles) of woods and bushes to ashes in days. About 1,000 firefighters backed by some 50 plane labored to place out that blaze.
(Reporting by Jon Nazca, writing by Inti Landauro, modifying by Robert Birsel)
