Investigators Discover Cause Of Mijas Fire

A wildfire that collapsed retired connected Thursday, August 14, successful a agrarian area of Mijas, has been officially extinguished, according to Andalusia’s Plan INFOCA wood occurrence service. 

The blaze, which started astir 3.45pm on nan roadworthy from Alhaurín El Grande to Fuengirola, and took firefighting efforts until 12.10pm connected Friday, August 15, to successfully extinguish nan blaze. Once nan flames had been beaten back, it did not return agelong for occurrence investigators to observe nan origin of nan wildfire.

A cigaret butt connected nan roadside, astir apt flicked from a moving car, appears to person been nan origin and was surely recovered astatine nan originating constituent of nan fire. Initial consequence teams included a dense helicopter, a ray helicopter, a occurrence truck, and 2 wood firefighter brigades. As nan business escalated, further resources were deployed, including a medium-heavy helicopter, 2 much groups of wood firefighters, and different operations technician.

Cigarette butt recovered astatine nan starting constituent of nan fire.
Credit: INFOCA

In a abstracted incident successful Malaga’s Cruz del Humilladero district, 3 containers caught occurrence successful wide daylight connected Wednesday day astatine astir 6pm. The fires, which ignited wrong a short clip of each other, are suspected to impact arson. A adjacent motorcycle shop worker from Lopera attempted to extinguish 1 of nan fires, while a resident besides intervened pinch a occurrence extinguisher contempt nan flames’ intensity. Malaga firefighters and section constabulary responded to nan scene, pinch nan 2nd instrumentality igniting while constabulary were addressing nan first. The incidents caused siren among section residents owed to nan strength of nan flames and dense smoke.