1 Jan, 2024 @ 10:43
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WATCH: Huge fire breaks out on Spain’s Costa del Sol just moments after celebrating the start of 2024 – forcing residents to be evacuated

THIS is the moment a forest fire broke out on the Costa del Sol late last night.

Flames were reported by the mayor of Mijas in the areas of Lomas del Flamenco and Los Pedregales at around 1.30am.

The inferno forced the evacuation of at least 10 residents as firefighters were called in from Fuengirola, Benalmadena and Marbella.

READ MORE: Malaga has more than halved the number of forest fires suffered in the past year

The fire was stabilised and brought under control by 8am this morning, according to Andalucia’s firefighting service INFOCA.

INFOCA told Diario Sur that reports of a fire were first reported at around 12.30am.

The cause of the flames are not yet known.

Investigators are looking into whether they were the result of fireworks, which had lit up the sky at midnight to celebrate the turn of the new year.

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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