Overview
- On Sunday, September 13, emergency calls began around 12:40 and the Junta de Andalucía raised the incident to situación operativa 1 by early afternoon to trigger civil‑protection measures.
- Authorities ordered preventive confinement of Benahavís town center and the La Coja urbanization and evacuated the Montemayor Alto complex after ES‑Alert messages told residents to shelter, close doors and windows, and follow 112 guidance.
- Plan Infoca deployed a large aerial and ground response that grew through the afternoon, with reporting showing roughly 15–22 aircraft in service and personnel counts rising from about 60 to more than 100; officials stress these figures remain provisional as operations continue.
- The fire caused dozens of evacuations and at least three injuries — including one person with burns, one treated for smoke inhalation, and a firefighter with a wrist fracture — while traffic on the A‑7175 was restricted to allow emergency access.
- By Monday morning emergency managers reported a favorable night that allowed them to lift the town confinement while maintaining preventive removal orders for some urbanizations and continuing on‑the‑ground work to secure high‑fuel areas and assess damage.