Fire interrupts Mojacar fiestas

    A fire in the centre of Mojacar pueblo put a temporary stop to the town's fiesta celebrations at the weekend. The fire started at about five in the afternoon in the well known souvenir shop – 'Angelas' in the Plaza Nueva, location of the town's most popular viewpoint. The fire consumed all three floors of the building and residents of the neighbouring buildings were evacuated by fire-fighters for fear of the fire spreading. The top floor of the shop was used as a store for rugs and other textiles which made controlling the fire difficult and fire-fighters from Turre and Albox took three hours to bring it under control and clear the building of the dense smoke it provoked, the plume of which could be seen from Garrucha, Turre and Vera. The shop is owned by the ex-mayor of Mojacar Bartolome Flores.