Local and regional authorities have decided to take a look at what safety measures are currently in place to stop people getting lost along the Rio Chillar. This comes about after a 34-year-old Swedish tourist called the emergency services when she and five other girls failed to find their way back to the start of the hike as the sun …
Rescue workers drill tunnel to reach toddler who fell in a 300-ft Malaga well
While playing nearby as his parents ate lunch, two-year-old Julen Rosello fell down very narrow 100 metres shaft in the town of Totalan near Malaga. A week has now passed since the accident with rescuers not having given up hope that the toddler can still be found alive. A giant drilling machine was called in Saturday to create a parallel …
Two injured on the beaches at the weekend
There were two accidents on the beaches in Nerja at the weekend, one man suffering major injuries to both legs and one arm after falling from a rock on Calahonda beach.
Swimmer rescued after he developed hypothermia and couldn’t get back to shore
A 27-year-old swimmer had to be rescued on Thursday evening in Torre del Mar after he developed hypothermia and got into difficulties and was unable to return to the shore.
Woman injured in fall in El Torcal
A 66-year-old woman had to be rescued on Friday after falling down a slope in El Torcal, Antequera, suffering an open fracture of her leg in the process.
Two injured in house fire in Ronda
Two people, a 27-year-old woman and a 25-year-old man had to be rescued after suffering smoke inhalation during a fire in their home in Plaza Olvera, Ronda.
Baby dolphin rescued in Maro
A baby dolphin was rescued at midday on Friday after it washed ashore at Caleta de Maro beach.
Rio Chillar rescue
Civil Protection officers and firemen had to rescue two Spanish women, aged 28 and 29 years, on Monday night after they got lost walking the rio Chillar.
Group of ten hikers rescued
Members of the Mountain Rescue Group from Ubrique, Cádiz province, rescued ten hikers on Friday night, the oldest being 81 years, after they got lost while covering the route Grazalema – Pico Simancón – Charca Verde.
Fishermen rescued
Two men who were reported missing on Friday after setting off from Poniente beach in Motril in a small boat have been located and rescued about nine miles off Cabo Sacratif.