Issue No. 1938
25 - 31 August 2022
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ON Tuesday August 23, the Spanish Council of Ministers declared that the Sierra de Mijas affect ed by the recent forest fire would be considered a disaster zone. The huge fire broke out on Friday July 15 and quickly spread to the neighbouring municipali ties of Alhaurin El Grande and Alhaurin de la Torre. The flames burned al most 2,000 hectares and more than 3,000 people were evicted from their homes and it was only af ter 20 days and a huge ef fort by combined emer gency services that the fire was considered extin guished on August 3. The government has approved the payment of set sums of money in re spect of different losses that may have been expe rienced which range from death to loss of property, although the amounts in volved are not likely to be
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MIJAS FIRE AFTERMATH
DISASTER ZONE: Just one of many heroes who fought the fires.
sufficient to cover the re al costs for those without insurance. In the meantime, Mijas Council is working with
the Junta de Andalucia to implement a plan to reha bilitate the damaged area and try to prevent future outbreaks.
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