Costa Blanca inferno flares up again; over 2,000 evacuated
Friday, September 12, 2014 @ 7:54 PM
LAST night's raging wildfire on the Montgó and Les Planes mountains between Dénia and Jávea continues to spread out of control despite every effort – flames flared up again in Jávea this morning at around 07.00hrs and are said to be spreading towards the port.
In Dénia, over 800 residents have been forced to flee their homes on the Lloma de Castanyar urbanisation and in the Las Rotas neighbourhood to the south end of town along the coast.
So far, only 63 of those have moved into the temporary camp in the sports centre, where over 200 rations of food, water and blankets have been brought in by the Red Cross.
In Jávea, many residents in the Creuat and La Plana urbanisations – mostly British residents – have chosen to grab their pets and an overnight bag and move out, whilst others have been evacuated.
Some who returned home last night have been forced out of their homes a second time.
At least 600 are thought to have either been evacuated or left their houses of their own volition in Jávea, and the numbers are climbing fast.
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