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Two Madrid-Area Vehicle Fires Prompt Evacuations as Scrapyard Blaze Continues

Officials cite high fire-load risks that required large, coordinated deployments.

Overview

  • An overnight fire in an underground garage in Colmenar Viejo was confined to two cars on level -2 and extinguished by ten regional fire units.
  • Authorities evacuated 112 homes serving seven buildings, moving about 150 residents out into the cold before allowing them back after safety checks.
  • Medical teams treated six people at the garage scene—five for mild smoke inhalation and one for a glycaemia issue—and discharged all on site.
  • A separate blaze broke out around 07:15 at a scrapyard in San Martín de la Vega, where up to 15 fire crews are working as several vehicles burned and one industrial nave was affected.
  • Firefighters ordered Guardia Civil and local police to evacuate nearby industrial units and confine workers as a precaution, with no injuries reported and a vertical smoke column not impacting populated areas.