Fire in El Ejido claims life

Preliminary investigations into the death of a woman whose body was found at her home in the isolated Fuente Nueva area of El Ejido in Almería province suggest she died from smoke inhalation.

Fire in pasaje San Miguel

Four people, two women and two children, had to be evacuated from their home in pasaje San Miguel, Nerja, after a fire broke out in the kitchen. Another resident in the block began to extinguish the fire until the Fire Brigade arrived on the scene. The fire was quickly extinguished.

Infoca worker dies in forest fire

A worker with the firefighting unit Infoca died on Tuesday morning while attending a forest fire in Senés, Almería.

Another fire at a waste plant in Almeria

Firemen have managed to extinguish a blaze at an agricultural waste processing plant in Almeria, the second incident at such a plant in the past month.

Quick-fire round

A golfer sparked a wildfire which destroyed 12 acres of dense woodland at Shady Canyon golf course in Irvine, California, after he struck his club against a rock while trying to hit his ball out of the rough. Around 150 firefighters responded to the blaze. The golfer is apparently not going to be charged in connection with the incident.

Fire continues to burn in Laza

A large forest fire continues to burn in the municipality of Laza, Orense province, and has already destroyed about 1,000 hectares of land.

Forest fire stabilised

A fire which started last night in the Parque Natural Sierra de Aracena in the municipality of Puerto Moral, Huelva, has been stabilised.