A fire broke out in a car park on Avenida Libertad in Punta Umbría, in the province of Huelva, in the early hours of 19 October. The blaze completely destroyed two motorhomes and also damaged a tractor and a trailer used in a romería, a religious pilgrimage. According to the 112 emergency service, the alert was raised at 1.25am after numerous calls from members of the public who reported fire in the area and said they had heard several explosions.
Firefighting
Guardia Civil officers and local police attended, along with firefighters from the Huelva provincial fire consortium based at the Punta Umbría station. Three crew members worked with two intervention vehicles: two firefighters and the officer in charge of the shift. The fire was extinguished at 2.15am. The cause is not yet known and is under investigation. No one was injured.