A total of seven people – two police officers, two women and three young children – had to be treated for smoke inhalation following a fire at a house in avenida San Carlos in Arroyo de la Miel, Benalmádena.
The fire began at around 20:00 on Christmas Day evening. Two women, aged 71 years and 82 years, three children aged between one and three years, and two Local Police offers suffered injuries as a result of smoke inhalation.
The three children were admitted to the Hospital Materno Infantil while the adults were treated at the local Health Centre or at the scene.