Live: Infoca considers the Malaga fire under control

The forest fire declared this Wednesday night in Sierra Bermeja has finally been controlled. An unprecedented fire in our country, of the sixth generation, which had created its own microclimate. It is finally under control. On Monday night they could come home evicted neighbors because of the proximity of fire and smoke.

The rains of the night have been key so that, from now on, work on the total extinction. In the early hours of this Tuesday, the zero level has been activated after more than 9,000 hectares devastated by fire. At the moment, more than a thousand troops have been fighting flames up to 30 meters high. The fire, with signs of having been provoked, leaves a lot of work ahead. “Be careful with repopulating now, you have to let nature act,” says an expert from the UMA.

This is the minute by minute of what is happening in Sierra Bermeja:

6:46 – The president of the Junta de Andalucía communicates the good news: the fire is finally under control: “The rain that has been falling for hours has been the best ally of the intense and admirable work of the checkpoints.”

6:45 – The fire has been controlled. The direction of the Infoca Plan announces that the fire is under control. Since Wednesday night, more than a thousand people and 51 air carriers have come to work at the same time. The fire has cost the life of a 44-year-old firefighter.

00:00 -La UME has worked hand in hand with the Andalusian Infoca Plan and the 112 to try to control a fire that has been ravaging Sierra Bermeja since Wednesday night.

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