On Wednesday evening, September 8th, a fire ignited and spread over some 3,600 hectares of forest in the mountainous Sierra Bermeja, since then it has spread across multiple other towns and has so far resulted in the death of one firefighter.
The fire broke out in the mountains of Sierra Bermeja, within the municipal limits of Jubrique. Preventive evacuations took place in Estepona’s Forest Hill and Las Abejeras residential areas in the early hours of Thursday, and by the afternoon the flames had reached Benahavís, where a residential development called Montemayor was also evacuated, the regional daily Diario Sur reported.
Around 250 firefighters, some brought in from the provinces of Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Jaén, and Seville, were fighting the blaze with support from 29 aircraft, including a coordination plane to define the fire’s perimeter, seven helicopters, and two amphibious planes, according to the regional daily.