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The fire affected a hectare |
About nine o'clock last night, the City of Cartagena Firefighters managed to extinguish a fire that broke out at four in the afternoon on the outskirts of the old naval prison, on the slopes of Monte San Julián.
The fire affected a hectare of pine forest and low scrub and was caused by unknown reasons.
In the tasks involved 15 firefighters and four vehicles, one of Civil Protection.
During extinction from terrestrial forest detachment group is in the area joined Tentegorra.
He also made ​​an appearance from the helicopter-borne brigade Murcia.
After about two hours the fire, especially their progress and is controlled mostly by lower wind intensity.
At first, the wind in various directions rolaba even to form two fires which moved in right and left directions.
The helicopter-borne brigade was on the top of the mountain to monitor progress towards the cemetery area while firefighters monitored the progress in the pine forest.
Once the fire was controlled proceeded to finish behind existing sources to total extinction.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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