Butane gas cylinder explosion sparks house fire in Costa del Sol town

Firefighters were called to a property on Plaza de La Ermita in Nerja on the eastern Costa del Sol on Tuesday 4 February after a butane gas cylinder which was being used to power a heater exploded.

The 112 Andalucía emergency service control room received several calls at around 5.15pm alerting them to the explosion of a butane cylinder in a property, which was empty at the time.

Firefighters arrived at the scene and proceeded to extinguish the fire and to carry out ventilation work in the building. Nobody was injured in the incident.