Fire on the Costa del Sol

A FIRE in Estepona is being fought by 150 firefighters supported by 19 aircraft and six fire engines.

The blaze started at 11.30am and soon started to spread, fed by winds and hot dry air. The Infoca forest firefighting service says that the inaccessible terrain and dry brushwood in the gullies is making it very difficult to extinguish the blaze.

Imágenes recibidas desde el #IFEstepona. Los vientos del terral, las altas temperaturas y la presencia de fondos de barranco en la zona, dificultan las labores de extinción. Se ha realizado un ataque ampliado con varias oleadas de medios para facilitar la contención de su avance. pic.twitter.com/vpA6KkbcI5

— INFOCA (@Plan_INFOCA) August 19, 2019