A fire broke out in the surrounding area at dawn on Saturday. Mascarain the municipal area Alteastayed It was brought under control at 20.00 this Sunday.As reported by Alicante Provincial Firefighters Consortium. They have already passed almost two days Since the fire broke out, however, the speed at which the flames spread complex orography of the region The close proximity of homes and communications infrastructure made eradication missions particularly difficult. Accompanying all this strong winds This time he didn’t stop blowing.
Sources from the Provincial Consortium explain: In addition to the two fire brigades, a team from the Generalitat Forest Firefighters continues to work in the region.who will spend the night there. The aim is to keep the situation under control at all times and prevent the flames from reigniting or even getting out of control again.
As this newspaper previously reported, all those evacuated after the fire broke out have now been able to return to their homes. both in the municipal district of Altea and in Calp, This was also affected by the incident. Total Residents of 125 houses had to leave in a hurry In the urbanizations of Altea Hills, Mascarat and Maryvilla due to the proximity of the flames. Those affected were able to return the same Saturday afternoon.
happened at the same time Traffic was restored on the TRAM railway line with both the N-332 highway and the AP-7 highwayIt had to be cut off, making impossible any direct communication between Altea and Calp, and therefore between Marina Baixa and Marina Alta. Circulation became possible again on Saturday afternoon via AP-7 and shortly afterwards via N-332 and Regular flights between Calp and Altea have already returned to normal this Sundayand runs along the “trenet” between Alicante and Dénia.
Fire It emerged around 03:30 on Saturday, January 6. It is in a wooded area between AP-7 and N-332, near the highway exit to Altea and very close to the urbanization of Altea Hills. The strong wind caused the flames to spread rapidly. The size of the fire led to the mobilization of teams from Dénia, Benidorm, Benissa, San Vicente del Raspeig, Ibi, Villena and Elda fire stations, as well as four aircraft belonging to the Generalitat and two Forest Fire Brigade units. .