Hundreds Evacuated as Forest Fire Breaks Out on Costa del Sol

Emergency workers were tackling a fire that broke out on September 8 in the Sierra Bermeja national park near the resort town of Estepona, on Spain’s Costa del Sol, as approximately 500 people were evacuated.

This footage, posted on Twitter and Facebook by the Andalusian Forest Fire Service, shows a helicopter flying over the fire near the town of Jubrique on Thursday.

The service said 200 personnel and 10 fire trucks had been deployed. Credit: Andalusian Forest Fire Service via Storyful