Igualeja confined due to a fire mobilising 140 firefighters
The fire broke out at 22:19 on Saturday in the Mirador de Igualeja, confining the municipality with 140 firefighters and five aircraft working to extinguish it.
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The Junta elevates the Infoca Plan to operational situation 1 due to the Igualeja fire, which remains confined and has forced evacuations.
The fire broke out at 22:19 on Saturday in the Mirador de Igualeja, confining the municipality with 140 firefighters and five aircraft working to extinguish it.
Infoca maintains a helicopter and eleven firefighter groups to control the Benahavís fire, which has lasted 48 hours. Residents of three developments have returned home.
The Junta lifts the lockdown in Benahavís after a favourable night in extinguishing the fire, which has affected 329 hectares. Three urbanisations remain evacuated.
Infoca mobilises two helicopters and 14 firefighters to extinguish a fire in Monte Benaque, 800 metres from Macharaviaya, with no evacuations.
The Infoca Plan combats a forest fire in Arroyo de la Miel, Nerja, with eight aerial resources, 76 firefighters, and two fire engines. Access road is closed.
The Infoca Plan stabilises a fire in Colmenar, the second on Sunday in Málaga province, with no evacuations.
The forest fire in Árchez, which confined Cómpeta for five hours, has been stabilised. 162 people were evacuated and there are no personal injuries.
Two dead and three seriously injured in a multiple accident on the AP-7 in Estepona after a tanker truck fell from a bridge.
A truck is on fire on the AP-7 near Benahavís, forcing road closures in both directions. Emergency services are working to extinguish it.
The fire in Benahavís, which forced the evacuation of a thousand people and closed the AP-7, is now under control. Residents have returned home.
110 personnel and 13 aerial units are battling the forest fire in Estepona and Benahavís, with evacuations and AP-7 closed.