A brush fire broke out near Bédar on Saturday around midday, threatening
the village and burning at least 400 hectares of mountain growth. The
fire reached the edge of the village, which nestles in the sierras above
Turre and Mojácar, and then headed westwards towards some smaller
settlements. The town was evacuated on Saturday night by police order,
and many people were obliged to sleep in the sports pavilion in next door
Los Gallardos. The fire, one of three that appeared around the same time
(two smaller fires in nearby Vera and Antas) appears to have been
intentional. No word of damaged property as yet, but the fire, by noon
on Sunday, was still active in the higher hills.
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