12 Nov, 2023 @ 11:40
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Mijas fire: Flames expected to rage until at least 4pm as planes are roped in to tackle inferno being helped by 80km/hr gusts of wind

A FOREST fire in Mijas is not expected to be extinguished anytime soon despite helicopters and planes being roped in to the operation.

According to the latest update from Andalucia’s firefighting service INFOCA, there is ‘no change’ expected until at least 4pm.

Dozens of residents have been evacuated from the Valtocado urbanisation after the flames took hold in Venta los Condes at around 4am this morning.

They have been taken to a makeshift shelter at the Osunillas sports centre.

According to INFOCA, there is 30-35km/hr north-easterly wind that is bringing gusts of up to 80km/hr.

These are causing the flames to move by more than 30 metres per minute.

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

Fires range in severity from Level 0 to 3. Level 1 is activated when there are fears that a fire can cause risk to human and animal life, meaning that civil protection measures must be adopted – in this case the evacuation of homes.

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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