Specifically, these are those evicted from the urban area of Benahavís, as well as the Benahavís Hill and Marbella Club developments. Therefore, those from the Montemayor urbanization and the six homes in a scattered nucleus of the Velerín Alto area in Estepona are still evacuated as a precaution.
A total of aerial means have joined the ground operation starting at 11:00 a.m. and there are almost a thousand troops who have worked all day on Phone Number Data the ground affected by the flames in extinguishing, security and coordination tasks to try to return to normality as soon as possible after the declaration at around. last Wednesday of the fire in Paraje de la Resinera and which affects the municipalities of Pujerra, Júzcar, Benahavís and Estepona. At the moment, it affects more than 2,000 hectares.
Up to 500 professionals from the Infoca Plan have been deployed in the device, from the Military Emergency Unit (UME) and the rest from Firefighters, Civil Protection, and the Civil Guard.
The Infoca Plan Extinction Directorate has reported that there is an accumulation of smoke in Pujerra and Júzcar and, for prevention, it has been recommended to close doors and windows in the area to avoid incidents. The A-7175 highway remains closed in the ascending direction of the road, at kilometer 3.
The deputy director of the COR, Alejandro García, has explained that, for the first time, there are several hours in which the weather conditions will favor the extinction work and the aerial means that have been operating since this noon will be maintained until sundown.
The area that currently presents the greatest complexity of work is the north of the fire. About it, Infoca has established the critical areas, which are currently being monitored to prevent the fire from evolving towards them, allowing room for reaction.
In the south and southwest areas, Plan Infoca personnel, the consortium's Firefighters and the Military Emergency Unit are carrying out consolidation work to ensure the situation of the front closest to the Montemayor urbanization area. A total of 500 forest firefighters from the Infoca Plan grouped into groups, along with a team of Environmental agents , operations technicians, BRICA, director and deputy director of the COR, plus analyst and supervision technicians, along with 233 UME personnel.