The neighbors of the urbanization "Els Molins", from El Poble Nou de Benitatxell, they had a good scare when a small fire was declared at 13:15 pm in a pine forest located in that area.
The rapid intervention of the members of the Marina Alta Firefighters Consortium, together with members of Civil Protection from that municipality, local police, forestry brigades and volunteer firefighters from the top del Sol prevented the fire from spreading to seven chalets that were not evacuated. Two firefighting helicopters also intervened from the air.
In addition to effective human intervention it should be noted that the network of hydrants worked perfectly. I was perimetrado fire without calling an hour after starting. They remained in place firefighters and forest brigades cooling the area to prevent further outbreaks.
The emergency department of the Generalitat Valenciana has given extinguished the fire at 15: 13 hours.
