Plan Infoca announces the Pujerra fire has finally been declared extinguished

Extinguishing the fire had been a complicated task due to the orography. It broke out on rough terrain with fairly dense trees and was fed by high winds and temperatures as it continued burning. Three firefighters were hospitalised with varying degrees of burns while tackling the incident. All have recovered and since been discharged.

A provisional damage report published by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Sustainable Development in the middle of last week, estimated that the total area affected would be around 4,860 hectares, as reported by laopiniondemalaga.es.

This included around 2,743 hectares of trees, 1,810 of scrubland, as well as some pastures, agricultural areas, and land dedicated to other uses.

More than 3,300 professionals from the Infoca Plan participated in the course of the fire’s extinction. On the ground, a total of 142 land vehicles were mobilised, while a total of 234 aerial missions were carried out, deploying up to 22 aerial means each day.

Another 233 troops from the Military Emergency Unit (UME) joined this operation, deploying 23 light vehicles and 58 other vehicles. 

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