By Tara Rippin • Published: 17 Jun 2020 • 19:22
SEVERAL witnesses called the Emergency Coordination Centre 112 RM at around 2pm alerting them to a fire at the building in Calle La Pinilla road on RM-E19 in Mazarron.
The Coordinator of the Consortium of Fire and Rescue Services for the Region of Murcia despatched firefighters from three stations, Alhama de Murcia, Lorca and Mazarrón.
At the same time Mazarron Local Police and Red Cross health workers were sent to the scene, and the Guardia Civil was notified.
By 3.27pm, CEIS coordinator reported the fire was under control and requested water tankers, confirming there were no injuries.
At 5.01pm, the fire was extinguished and emergency services left the scene.
The cause of the fire has not yet been confirmed.
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Tara Rippin is a reporter for Spain’s largest English-speaking newspaper, Euro Weekly News, and is responsible for the Costa Blanca region. She has been in journalism for more than 20 years, having worked for local newspapers in the Midlands, UK, before relocating to Spain in 1990. Since arriving, the mother-of-one has made her home on the Costa Blanca, while spending 18 months at the EWN head office in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol. She loves being part of a community that has a wonderful expat and Spanish mix, and strives to bring the latest and most relevant news to EWN’s loyal and valued readers.
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