Overview
- Emergency services deployed multiple forest brigades, Cartagena firefighters, civil protection units, local police and Guardia Civil, with additional crews called in from 5:00 a.m.
- Authorities ordered preventive evacuations in the Rambla de la Azohía, displacing roughly a hundred people and dozens of caravans as a precaution.
- The Guardia Civil’s maritime service rescued several people from a cave near the fire around 1:30 a.m., transporting them to Puerto de Mazarrón.
- Strong gusts continue to hinder operations and limited the use of aerial resources overnight in the low-scrub terrain.
- Investigators are probing a possible ignition linked to wind-downed cables, a line of inquiry reported by municipal sources but not yet confirmed.