23 Mar, 2024 @ 15:58
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Tree-mendous escape as felled pine narrowly misses Ronda station in Spain

A CENTURY old tree blew over on to Ronda train station this morning.

An incredibly strong gust of wind tumbled the ancient pine tree.

Incredibly no one was injured in the incident that happened just after 7 am.

Fire crews Were quickly on the scene, but it took them most of the day to remove it.

One Fireman told the Olive Press : “it was wider Than a car in places and an absolute miracle that nobody was hurt.”

He added :”The weather has been absolutely crazy this week with this weather from Africa and nobody knows what’s gonna happen next.”

While the tree was over 20 m tall, it wasn’t quite high enough to land on the railway lines so trains were not interrupted.

The strong gusts of wind led the Town Hall to close off all public parks in Ronda today.

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor)

Jon Clarke is a Londoner who worked at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday as an investigative journalist before moving to Spain in 2003 where he helped set up the Olive Press.

After studying Geography at Manchester University he fell in love with Spain during a two-year stint teaching English in Madrid.

On returning to London, he studied journalism and landed his first job at the weekly Informer newspaper in Teddington, covering hundreds of stories in areas including Hounslow, Richmond and Harrow.

This led on to work at the Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Mirror, Standard and even the Sun, before he landed his first full time job at the Daily Mail.

After a year on the Newsdesk he worked as a Showbiz correspondent covering mostly music, including the rise of the Spice Girls, the rivalry between Oasis and Blur and interviewed many famous musicians such as Joe Strummer and Ray Manzarak, as well as Peter Gabriel and Bjorn from Abba on his own private island.

After a year as the News Editor at the UK’s largest-selling magazine Now, he returned to work as an investigative journalist in Features at the Mail on Sunday.

As well as tracking down Jimi Hendrix’ sole living heir in Sweden, while there he also helped lead the initial investigation into Prince Andrew’s seedy links to Jeffrey Epstein during three trips to America.

He had dozens of exclusive stories, while his travel writing took him to Jamaica, Brazil and Belarus.

He is the author of three books; Costa Killer, Dining Secrets of Andalucia and My Search for Madeleine.

Contact jon@theolivepress.es

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