THE SUN FINALLY RISES ON THE BLACK HILLS OF MARBELLA

1. We’ll find the fire-starters, say officials as Spain’s killer mountain blaze blisters on

2. ‘We’re ready to leg it’ says Rodney as 3,000 FLEE Spain’s Sierras wildfire – exclusive pictures

3. Forces move in as Costa del Sol mountains blazes drives 2,500 more from their homes

UPDATE 16 9 2021:

This grainy picture taken from a distance by CeO of airtvinternational from the balcony of his home on the edge of Marbella shows the aftermath of the wildfires that raged in the mountains near his home.

It’s just too hot still, he says, to go up into the mountains and there is still a clear danger as the days continue to be hot and dry.

UPDATE 13 9 2021:

Soldiers have joined forces against the worst wildfire to hit Spain’s Costa del Sol in memory. It has been raging for a six days now..

‘Squaddies’ from the military base of Moron threw in with more than 300 firefighters and 41 water-dropping aircraft as the flames got higher and wider.

The wildfire in the Malaga province has ripped through 7,000 hectares of forest and led to more evacuations, bringing the total number of residents displaced to around 2,500.

Authorities have evacuated almost 1,500 residents from the towns of Jubrique, Genalguacil and four other villages on Sunday. More than 1,000 other people had been evacuated from the resort town of Estepona, popular among tourists and foreign expats.

Despite the reinforcements one firefighter said the blaze was still “out of control” and called for more boots on the ground to battle the flames.

“I don’t see enough deployed personnel,” Rafael Fanega told The Associated Press. “Some may see it differently, but that’s how I see it.”

UPDATE: 12 9 2021:

As the wildfire in Spain burned for the fourth day officials said that it was most likely started deliberately.

Andalucia’s regional forest fire agency confirmed that more than 400 firefighters and 41 helicopters are now fighting the fire near some of the Costa del Sol best-known resort.

Carmen Crespo, regional environment chief, said that the flames were most likely started deliberately. Andalusia’s regional president and Juanma Moreno, vowed law enforcement would bring the criminals to justice no matter how long it takes.

The fire began on Wednesday and was fuelled by the high temperatures and strong winds in the area.

UPDATE: 10 9 2021:

Worsening weather conditions forced firefighters to flee the wildfire near a popular Costa del Sol resort.

Already the blaze has driven more than 1,000 people from their homes and killed an emergency worker.

Andalucia ordered the withdrawal of most of its firefighters as strong winds and high temperatures formed a dangerous fire cloud. One nearby resident said: “It’s just too hot to handle, we’re in our house maybe two miles away but the heat is so intense it’s unbearable. Your hearts must go out to the firemen up there.”

Since starting on Wednesday evening, the blaze has burned through around 3,600 hectares (8,896 acres) of forest in the mountainous Sierra Bermeja above Estepona, a Mediterranean resort favoured by British tourists and retirees.

A firefighter has died battling the wildfire that rages through Sierra Bermaja in southern Málaga and it has been confirmed that he was 44 years old and from Almería. He had been involved in at least six campaigns with the region’s forest fire team.

Meanwhile, in the exclusive security zone of La Zagaleta, Benahavis, where homes cost millions, water planes and helicopter are constantly seen. The area is home to Putin, Rod Stewart, Simon Cowell and Hugh Grant.

A thousand people have now been evacuated in Spain’s southern province of Málaga as the wildfire blisters Estepona, Benahavís, Jubrique and Genalguacil, Andalusian emergency services have said.

It broke out in the mountains of Sierra Bermeja, within the municipal limits of Jubrique. Preventive evacuations happened 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 evacuated.

These exclusive pictures show the intensity of the fires in the Sierra Mountains in Andalusia.

Almost 500 people have been evacuated in Malaga’s Sierra Bermeja.

The fires began at about 10pm on Wednesday hitting Estepona, Jubrique and Genalguacil.

The Carmen pavilion in Estepona was being used a sanctuary for many of those who were forced to flee. But there were fears about a petrol station in Estepona on the AP-7.

In Jubrique, which was hit by a major blaze earlier this summer that burned more than 300 hectares, some 18 forest firefighters are battling the flames.

The flames in the Sierra Bermeja, are visible from other towns in the Genal valley giving concern to residents as the conditions are very windy.

Rodney Hearth, CeO at AirTV International https://airtv.international/ who supplied the pictures, said: “It’s horrendous, the water planes are constantly flying over our house – but the blaze is getting closer and closer. We considered legging it … the fires are very frightening and are blighting the lives of residents. What a tragedy to hit this amazing country at this time.”

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