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Date Published: 21/02/2022

ARCHIVED - Fire almost destroys home of British expats in Pinoso

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Flames ripped through a wooden garage attached to a home in the Mitja Vinalopo town, Alicante province

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - Fire almost destroys home of British expats in Pinoso

British expats in Pinoso almost lost their entire home after a fire ripped through a wooden shed attached to the property, spreading to a nearby car and damaging a motorhome.

The occupants were not home when the blaze started, and thankfully no injuries have been reported, but the garage in Calle Carche de Pinoso burned to the ground in the fire on Sunday afternoon, February 20.

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - Fire almost destroys home of British expats in Pinoso

The alarm was raised at 3.28pm, and a team of five firefighters from Elda station, equipped with a heavy duty pump and ladder, spent two hours tackling the flames.

According to emergency sources, the fire started in the wooden garage and affected two vehicles, generating intense black smoke which could be seen for some distance.

The cause of the fire is, as yet, unknown.

Esta tarde intervenimos en Pinoso para extinguir un incendio en un chalet donde además se vieron afectados una caseta de madera y varios vehículos de los propietarios, solamente hubo que lamentar daños materiales. Os compartimos video interesante 👨‍🚒🚒#bomberos #cpba #enaccion pic.twitter.com/iJYgvVxBNL
— Consorcio Bomberos Alicante (@BomberosDipuALC) February 20, 2022

Last weekend, a fire broke out at a campsite in Torrevieja, completely gutting a static home, one of two blazes in the town in as many days.

Images: Consorcio Bomberos Alicante

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