Plan Infoca aircraft and ground crews bring wildfire in Antequera under control

A forest fire broke out this Sunday morning (30 July) in the Malaga province municipality of Antequera, where the specialist firefighting services of the Junta's Plan Infoca division have been joined by members of the the provincial fire brigade.

Initially, the fire in the La Hiedra area was tackled by Superpuma helicopter, three teams of forest firefighters, two Brica brigades, two operations technicians, an environmental agent and two fire engines which, at around 2pm, were joined by two firefighting planes and one coordination plane, a medium-heavy helicopter and a Kamov heavy helicopter.

At about 3.17pm, Plan Infoca reported that the fire was still active, although the number of teams working in the area had been reduced. At the site, one medium-heavy helicopter, two teams of forest firefighters, two Brica brigades, two operations technicians, an environmental agent, an extinction technician and a fire engine continued working to control the blaze.

At 6.45pm, Plan Infoca officials declared the fire 'controlled', while efforts to extinguish it were ongoing.