Members of the Andalusian forest firefighting service, the Infoca Plan, are working to control and extinguish a fire declared in the area of Santa Margarita, a scrubland area in the municipality of La Línea de la Concepción (Cádiz ), and has forced preventive eviction of the homes located in the upper area of the Venta Melchor urbanization.
The Councilor for Citizen Security in the City Council of La Línea, Miguel Ángel Bautista, explained that in the residential area, Infoca continues to work to put out the remaining embers and that “the fire is heading towards the beach”, which, in his opinion, “it shouldn’t be so dangerous” since there is “a firewall made” and the front goes against the beach.
However, he has indicated that the west wind is blowing “strongly” in that area, so has shown its prudence in the face of the evolution of this urban fire that it was declared after 12:30 p.m. this Tuesday and that it is approaching the area of La Alcaidesa, although Bautista has trusted that the work of the firefighters will prevent it from affecting this area.
The fire started in the urban area of Santa Margarita and from the Infoca, together with members of the La Línea, San Roque and Algeciras fire departments, They are working with land and air means to prevent it from passing into the forest area. Specifically, three air vehicles (two medium-heavy helicopters and one superpuma) are acting on this fire, as well as two cargo planes on the ground, one coordination plane, and two amphibians from the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge.
By land, there are six groups of forest firefighters, two Fire Reinforcement brigades (Brica), three Operations technicians, an environmental agent, two fire engines, a bulldozer, an advanced Fire Analysis and Monitoring unit and a Fire Medical Unit. Forest fires.