As the forest fire continues to blaze in the south of Valencia, news comes of another between Cieza and Calasparra in Murcia which broke out on Tuesday night at 7pm.
More than 150 firemen and civil protection workers are currently fighting the flames, helped by a 100 soldiers from the UME emergency unit based in Valencia. The fire has so far affected between 250 and 300 hectares of bush and pine according to first estimates from forestry technicians.
Strong winds in the area are making the control of the fire difficult affecting the north and south faces of the sierra where two fronts remain active.
The emergency coordination centre has not ruled out the possibility that the fire could have been started deliberately because a second fire was noted in the Sierra del Puerto, just a few kilometres away just ten minutes later. That fire was quickly extinguished by the fire service.
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