Infoca troops work to extinguish fire in Sierra Nevada that may have been caused by lightning

The Andalusian Forest Fire Extinguishing Service, Plan Infoca, continues working today Friday to combat the fire which was declared last Thursday evening in the region the Loma de Dilar, in Monachil (Granada)in full Sierra Nevada and therefore at an altitude of 2,500 meters.

Since dawn, Infoca had updated the device, which remained in two groups of forest firefighters and an environmental agent. Early this Friday, the prevention and extinction service indicated that They continue to work on the extinction with 14 forest firefighters and an environmental agent.

As reported by its official account X el Infoca, the fire it could have been caused by lightning latent which fell last Wednesday in this area of ​​particular importance and special circumstances due to its altitude.

Five people went to the scene. forest firefighter groupsaccompanied by two environmental agents and two fire fighting vehicles and they were sure that it would not cause “major problems because it happened in the Sierra Nevada, at 2,500 meters above sea level, and as soon as the temperatures drop, it could easily go out,” they explained from Infoca, while warning that it is a “hard to access” area.