A fire in a place in La Línea (Cádiz) forces the evacuation of the upper area of Venta Melchor

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 which has forced the preventive eviction of the houses 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, has explained this fact to Europa Press, indicating that in the residential area, Infoca continues to work to put out the remaining embers and that “the fire is oriented towards the beach”, which, in his opinion, “should not 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, for which reason he has shown his prudence in the face of the evolution of this urban fire that was declared after 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday and that 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 has started in the urban area of Santa Margarita and Infoca, together with members of the La Línea, San Roque and Algeciras fire departments, are working with land and air means to prevent it from spreading to 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 for coordination and two amphibians from the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the 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.