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Date Published: 04/03/2024

Torrevieja fire incinerates 12 parked cars

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The flames ripped through a plot of land in the Costa Blanca seaside city

Torrevieja fire incinerates 12 parked cars

A devastating fire broke out on Friday afternoon, March 1, in the Los Balcones urbanisation of Torrevieja, destroying a dozen cars and threatening nearby homes. The blaze started in a rural plot on Calle Germanías and quickly spread to adjacent plots, including a scrubland parking area containing approximately 25 vehicles.

The Alicante Provincial Firefighters Consortium received an emergency call at 3.20pm and dispatched a team of firefighters to the Costa Blanca street.

Thanks to their quick and effective response, the fire was brought under control by 4.10pm, and officially extinguished shortly before 7pm. No injuries were reported during the incident, but dozens of panicked locals described seeing plumes of thick, black smoke all over the Orihuela Costa.

The Green Party (Greens-Compromís) has criticised the Torrevieja City Council for their alleged inaction and failure to comply with the General Urban Planning Plan (PGOU) in relation to the fire, which took hold on protected land in the Lagunas de la Mata and Torrevieja Natural Park.

Former mayor of Los Verdes, José Manuel Dolón, also pointed out that the burned-out vehicles were parked in an "illegal storage establishment," one of many irregular plots in the area.

The cause of the fire remains unknown, and investigations are currently underway.

Meanwhile, the Alicante town of Villajoyosa was devastated by an apartment block fire in the early hours of Monday March 4 which claimed three members of the same family, one of whom was a young child.

In other news: Fresh fears of landslides on Cabo Roig cliff walk

Images: Bomberos Alicante

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