SPAIN endured a fiery weekend as a major blaze destroyed a Honda factory near Barcelona, before two separate wildfires broke out in Andalucia close to expat hotspots.
The first fire to strike Spain this weekend broke out at about 3pm on Friday 5 June at a Honda warehouse in Santa Perpetua de Mogoda, just north of Barcelona.
Around 30 firefighting crews were deployed to tackle the blaze, while all 150 workers at the warehouse were evacuated.
Several nearby factories were also cleared as a precaution.
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According to the Bombers de la Generalitat (Catalunya’s firefighters), the blaze was brought under control roughly three hours after emergency services were first alerted.
Firefighters said the warehouse was ‘completely burned’ and believe the fire began on the roof, where solar panels are installed.
No injuries were reported in the blaze, although a thick plume of smoke rising from the warehouse caused concern among residents in surrounding areas.
The Catalan Civil Protection Agency, however, advised residents to stay away from the fire zone and to close doors and windows if smoke affected nearby homes.
Santa Perpetua mayor Juan Carlos Mingueza ruled out a lockdown, telling 3Cat that the smoke was ‘not toxic.’
Less than two days after authorities brought the Barcelona blaze under control, a wildfire struck a campsite in Andalucia.
The fire broke out at the Waingunga campsite near the Huelva town of Lepe on Sunday 7 June at about 2pm.
Guardia Civil officers and Infoca (Andalucia’s Forest Fire Service) personnel arrived on the scene and evacuated 115 schoolchildren staying at the campsite.
The children, from Seville and Cadiz, have since returned home by bus, with no injuries reported.
Eight aircraft and six crews of forest firefighters worked into the early hours of Monday morning to extinguish the blaze.
According to Infoca, the fire was brought under control at 3am but two fire engines remain at the scene to fully extinguish the blaze.
They estimate that 50 hectares of land were affected by the fire.
The latest incident occurred late Sunday night in Mijas, where a fire broke out at around 11.30pm in a grassy area bordering the Pueblo La Campana and La Sierrezuela residential developments.
The blaze sent a dense plume of smoke into the air, visible across much of Mijas, prompting a rapid response from Infoca.
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Firefighters arrived on the scene at about midnight and were able to swiftly bring the fire under control.
Just a couple of hours later, authorities said the fire was fully contained and confirmed that residents did not need to be evacuated.
However, locals were urged via social media to avoid the area to allow emergency services to work safely.
No injuries have been reported in the Mijas blaze.
While all three fires were eventually contained and no injuries were reported, the weekend left a trail of disruption and concern across Spain, from Barcelona to Andalucia.
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