Nearly 2,000 people were evacuated overnight from Wednesday to Thursday due to a violent fire in the region of Málaga, in southern Spain, where 10,000 hectares of forest had already been destroyed by flames in September 2021 .
More than 40° degrees in the region
The fire broke out on Wednesday afternoon in the Sierra Bermeja mountain in Andalusia.
It comes as a strong heat wave has started in the country, with peaks over 40 degrees expected in the region.
According to Andalusian authorities, nearly 500 firefighters and members of the Emergency Military Unit were deployed to put out the fire, described as powerful and "complicated" to control due to the wind and rough terrain "difficult to d 'access ".
A difficult night
According to the emergency services, "2,000 people were evacuated" because of the disaster.
Three firefighters were injured, one of whom suffered serious burns and was evacuated to hospital in Málaga.
The night was “difficult in Sierra Bermeja”, reacted on Twitter the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, expressing “(his) support and (his) solidarity with the affected inhabitants”.
Noche difficult in #SierraBermeja.
Teams of @UMEgob and @mitecogob are destroyed to collaborate in the extinguishment of the fire in the province of Málaga.
Gracias a todos los servicios de emergencias y nuestro apoyo y solidaridad con los vecinos afectados.
— Pedro Sanchez (@sanchezcastejon) June 8, 2022
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The Sierra Bermeja region had already been hit for a week by a powerful fire last September.
The disaster had devastated nearly 10,000 hectares of forest and left one dead, a 44-year-old firefighter.
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