15 Aug, 2018 @ 21:35
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BREAKING: Rescue operation underway after highrise apartment catches fire on Costa del Sol

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FIREMEN are carrying out a rescue operation on the Costa del Sol after an apartment in a highrise residential block caught fire. 

https://www.facebook.com/manilvaweb/videos/1907546696208644/

 

A child has been rescued from a balcony after flames have engulfed the top floor dwelling in Edificio Maicandil in Manilva.

An ambulance and three fire engines have rushed to the scene.

It is not clear how many people are trapped in the apartment.

Bomberos are using a specialised crane to bring the residents down to safety.

The cause of the fire remains unknown.

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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