Initial investigations into Sierra de Mijas blaze suggest it was started intentionally

Although the report of the Forest Fire Investigation Brigade (BIFF) of the Infoca Plan had not been completed, this past Thursday, July 21, Carmen Crespo, the acting Minister of Agriculture, “requested the Government delegate in Andalucia, Pedro Fernandez, with the collaboration of the State Security Forces and Bodies to urgently intensify surveillance in the areas”, detailed Mr Bendodo.

Bendodo assured that “a complicated summer” is expected with fires, and that the high temperatures “complicate the situation”. For the remainder of July and in August “there will be more outbreaks of fires either due to imprudence, accident, or provocation, so both the Infoca and the GREA are active 24 hours a day”.

“We are prepared for all fires and we managed to stabilise them in record time and prevent them from escalating in the first few hours”, said Bendodo, who pointed out that at this time in Andalusia “we do not have any active fires, but we are on alert”, as reported by laopiniondemalaga.es.

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