UPDATE: Benahavis Wildfire Still Active
Crews used aircraft and heavy machinery as officials said 212 emergency workers helped contain the blaze and lifted the town lockdown.
- On Monday, the Andalusian regional government declared the Benahavis wildfire stabilized and downgraded the emergency to level 0. Residents of three housing estates were permitted to return home at 7:30pm after the precautionary evacuation was lifted.
- The fire ignited Sunday afternoon near Ermita del Rosario along the A-7175, spreading rapidly through steep terrain fueled by winds of 30 km/h with gusts reaching 50. Emergency crews worked overnight to protect residential areas from the advancing flames.
- Three people were injured, including a 78-year-old man who suffered burns and was transferred to the burn unit at Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio in Seville. Emergency personnel deployed 212 staff to combat the 378 hectares affected.
- Regional minister Antonio Sanz announced the lockdown lift Monday morning, crediting "good work overnight" for making it possible to restore access to central Benahavis. Command operations were coordinated from the Andalusian Emergency Group headquarters.
- Emergency crews remain on-site to monitor hot spots, particularly in the north-west near the area affected by the 2022 Pujerra fire. Authorities continue issuing instructions through 112 Andalucia and Plan Infoca as operations remain active.
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El consejero de Emergencias de la Junta de Andalucía, Antonio Sanz, ha anunciado este moons por la tarte que el incendio de Benahavís ha quedado estabilizado.
The work during the night allows to stop the advance of the fire, which is still active and against which more than 200 troops fight on the ground
The fire is still active and the estimated area is already over 300 hectares, but after the night's work it has been possible to stop the growth of the headThree wounded and 50 evicted by the fire in Benahavis (Málaga) that has forced to confine the municipality.The “favorable” evolution of the fire declared this Sunday in Benahavis (Málaga) has allowed the confinement of the neighbors of the urban center to be lifted, although the preventive di…
Fire in Benahavís still burning after night of intensive efforts to protect built-up areas
The regional minister for emergencies stressed that the priority is to protect the public and residential areas. The town was placed under lockdown on Sunday; a residential estate was evacuated and one person suffered burns while attempting to extinguish the fire and two members of Infoca were injured
The first vice president of the Junta de AndalucíaAntonio Sanz has announced that the device has stabilized the forest fire declared this Sunday in BenahavisMálaga. This favorable evolution has allowed to reduce the situation to pre-emergency phase, so that the 50 neighbors who remained in a situation of preventive distance can return to their homes.In declarations to the media in Benahavis, Sanz has explained that with this decision "a very imp…
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