Benahavís Local Information
Live English-language updates on the wildfire affecting Benahavís, including INFOCA operations, emergency measures, road closures and official information from Emergencias 112, the Junta de Andalucía and DGT.
Live Information
This page provides Benahavís fire live updates in English, bringing together verified official information relating to the wildfire from authorities including INFOCA, Emergencias 112 Andalucía, the Junta de Andalucía and the Dirección General de Tráfico (DGT), with links back to the original source wherever possible.
Important: In an emergency, always follow instructions issued directly by the authorities, emergency services, Guardia Civil, Policía Local or through an official ES-Alert message. Information on this page is intended to make official updates easier to find and understand; it does not replace direct emergency instructions.
This live page was created following the wildfire reported in the Ermita del Rosario area of Benahavís on Sunday 13 September 2026. As the incident developed, emergency measures included the confinement of Benahavís and the preventive relocation of residents from Montemayor.
Because wildfire conditions, access restrictions and emergency instructions can change quickly, the live sections below are designed to update from official sources rather than relying on static information that may become outdated.
The panel below shows the latest status currently recorded by the Benahavís Collection emergency update system. Where necessary, important information can also be manually verified and pinned by the site administrator.
Latest official status
WILDFIRE
ACTIVE — firefighting operation continuing
BENAHAVÍS
Town-centre confinement lifted; preventive measures remain in some residential areas
ROADS
No relevant DGT restriction currently detected
Official sources last checked successfully: 15:30 · 19 September 2026 · No newer updates detected from the currently monitored sources
The newest official information appears first. Each update identifies the issuing authority and, where available, provides a direct link back to the original announcement or live information source.
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INFOCA lists a wildfire incident in the immediate Benahavís area as active. The record is dated 18 September 2026 at 20:17:00. The structured INFOCA data currently records 1 firefighting crew/unit.
Automatic English translation generated from an official source. The original notice remains authoritative.
INFOCA lists a wildfire incident in the immediate Benahavís area as declarado. The record is dated 17 September 2026 at 13:49:56. The structured INFOCA data currently records 1 aerial resource, 1 firefighting crew/unit.
Automatic English translation generated from an official source. The original notice remains authoritative.
#IFBenahavís 📢 Residents of Benahavís Hills may now return to their homes. Please continue to follow any instructions issued by the emergency services and local authorities.
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🔥 If you are in the # IFBenahavísarea, you may notice a dense plume of smoke. 🚪🪟 Close doors and windows. 👶👵 Protects children, the elderly, the sick and people with respiratory pathologies. 🏃♀️🚫 Avoid outdoor physical activity in smoky environments. 🏠 Reduce unnecessary outings
🔥 Si estás en la zona del #IFBenahavís, es posible que observes una densa columna de humo. 🚪🪟 Cierra puertas y ventanas. 👶👵 Protege a niños, mayores, enfermos y personas con patologías respiratorias. 🏃♀️🚫 Evita la actividad física al aire libre en entornos con humo. 🏠 Reduce las salidas innecesarias
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🔴 #IFBenahavís (#Málaga), STABILIZED. RESOURCES ON SITE: 🧑🚒 3 forest firefighting crews and 2 environmental agents 🚒 3 fire trucks ℹ️ 400 meters remain to close the perimeter. No active flames. We are working to bring it under control.
Automatic English translation generated from an official source. The original notice remains authoritative.
📌In the following link you can find all the data on the evolution of the # IFBenahavís and the descent of the @Plan_INFOCA to pre-emergence phase, operational situation 0 🔗 Click here www.juntadeandalucia.es/presidencia/...
📌En el siguiente enlace puedes encontrar todos los datos sobre la evolución del #IFBenahavís y el descenso del @Plan_INFOCA a fase de preemergencia, situación operativa 0 🔗 Pincha aquí www.juntadeandalucia.es/presidencia/...
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The official update lists the Benahavís wildfire as stabilised.
#IFBenahavís Desciende a fase de preemergencia, situación operativa 0, el Plan @Plan_INFOCA tras quedar ESTABILIZADO el incendio 🏠 Autorizada la vuelta de TODOS los vecinos que permanecían desalojados (Urbanización Montemayor y Benahavís Hill)
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BENAHAVÍS FIRE UPDATE: Two crews from the #CPBMálaga station in #Estepona remained in the #Benahavís area throughout the night, alongside crews from Marbella stationed in neighbouring residential developments to control and protect the perimeter. This Monday morning, following a meeting at the Advanced Command Post, several work teams—comprising personnel from the Consortium, Marbella, and Fuengirola—are tasked with extinguishing small hotspots on the fire\'s right flank (near the village) to prevent flare-ups, as well as clearing smoke drifting toward the town center. Another team has been deployed to the Montemayor area to supply water to Plan Infoca units from their trucks. CPB President Manuel Marmolejo remains at the Advanced Command Post, closely monitoring the fire\'s progression. #IFBenahavís #MálagaProvincialCouncil
Automatic English translation generated from an official source. The original notice remains authoritative.
#IFBenahavís Update RESOURCES TODAY: 🚁 3 heavy, 6 medium-heavy, and 2 light helicopters; 1 command helicopter 🛩️ 6 land-based air tankers, 2 light amphibious aircraft, 1 #FOCA (amphibious plane), 1 coordination aircraft 👩🚒 200 #EMAINFOCA personnel, 6 crews from @cpbmalaga, firefighters from @Ayto_Marbella 🩺 1 medical unit 🚒 11 fire trucks 🚜 2 bulldozers
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Emergency authorities report that the confinement of Benahavís town centre has been lifted.
🔴 Conoce la última información sobre la evolución del #IFBenahavís y sobre el levantamiento del confinamiento en el núcleo urbano de la población en este enlace 👇 juntadeandalucia.es/presidencia/...
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Emergency authorities report that the confinement of Benahavís town centre has been lifted. Preventive measures remain in place in some residential areas, including those named in the official notice.
🔴ACTUALIZACIÓN #IFBenahavís 🏘️ Levantamos el confinamiento del núcleo urbano de Benahavís. ⚠️ Se mantiene, por el momento, el alejamiento preventivo de las urbanizaciones Montemayor, La Coja y Benahavís Hills. 📲 Sigue las #Instrucciones112 y las indicaciones de los operativos. #AndalucíaPreviene
Automatic English translation generated from an official source. The original notice remains authoritative.
Counselor Antonio Sanz in the Advanced Command Position (PMA). The vice-president of the Board and Minister of the Presidency, Health and Emergencies, Antonio Sanz, reported that the Junta de Andalucía has deployed more than 200 troops and 22 air assets in the tasks of extinguishing the forest fire declared this Sunday in Benahavís (Malaga). The Emergency Plan for Forest Fires of Andalusia remains activated in the emergency phase, operational situation 1. Antonio Sanz said that "the first objective from the beginning has been to protect the population." The Emergency Management maintains the preventive confinement of the urban area of Benahavís and the La Coja urbanization, as well as the preventive removal of about 50 people from Montemayor, corresponding to about 20 homes, mostly second homes and have not required rehousing. EMA 1-1-2 received the first call at 12:37 pm, alerting of a fire near the A-7175 road, between the Rosario hermitage and the urban nucleus. Given its evolution, Antonio Sanz, as director of the INFOCA Plan, raised the emergency to operational situation 1 at 1:41 p.m. At 2:34 p.m., an Es-Alert message was sent to order the confinement of the town of Benahavís. The vice president said that the warning was aimed at the safe confinement of the area. An antenna was affected by the fire, which caused the loss of mobile coverage in part of the area and could prevent some phones from receiving the message; although the notice has been transferred with the operatives in the area and social networks, since the Es-Alert is another instrument of notice that adds to the traditional ones. The incident has been transferred to the telephone operator to restore service or enable an alternative solution. The vice president first explained that "the fire has a very elongated perimeter and is conditioned by the wind and the orography." The area between the origin and the urbanizations has evolved favourably, although hot spots and small reactivations remain. The most active part is located from the urbanizations to the north, where the teams work on both flanks and in the head. "The main objective is to try to contain the progress of the fire as much as possible, in order to close its head," Antonio Sanz explained. The work is focused on protecting Montemayor, preventing the fire from gaining potential to the north and, in case of progress, directing it towards the perimeter of the Pujerra fire of 2022, where the lower fuel load could reduce its intensity and facilitate the extinguishing works tonight, the counselor also pointed out. The fire is characterized as a wind fire with topographical influence, that propagates along ridge axes and wind-facing slopes. The orography, formed by numerous ravines and basins, makes extinction work difficult. During the afternoon there was an easterly wind of between 30 and 35 kilometres per hour, with gusts of 50. From 22:00 hours a small change to the northeast component is expected, but with a significant decrease in intensity, with a speed of 14 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 25 km/hour maximum. Sanz has warned that "it will be an active night" and has indicated that the night device will be specified depending on the evolution of the fire. A new coordination meeting is scheduled at 10:30 p.m. to plan the work for the whole night and assess the situation of the residents of Benahavís who could return to their homes; although in a situation of preventive confinement. The counselor also explained that the health services have treated three people. A forest firefighter has suffered trauma to his wrist. One individual, a 78-year-old man, has external burns on 30-35% of his body surface and has been evacuated by medicalized helicopter to the Regional University Hospital of Malaga. Another individual has been treated for mild smoke inhalation and discharged on site. The vice president has confirmed that, so far, there are no affected homes, despite the fact that the fire has progressed between urbanized areas. There have been occasional damages to exterior elements, such as fences, terraces or accesses. A lane of the A-7175 at the entrance of Benahavís also remains cut, while analyzing the evolution of the hot spots and the possibility of facilitating the return of those who are outside the municipality. The device brings together 205 troops, 22 air assets and two bulldozers. The air operation consisted of a coordination aircraft, two heavy amphibious aircraft, two light helicopters, six light heavy helicopters, two heavy helicopters, a command helicopter, six cargo planes on the ground and two light amphibious planes that will be intervening until sunset. Seven groups of forest firefighters work on land, four BRICA, an EMIF, six operations technicians, two extinguishing technicians, two Environment agents, a Mobile Meteorology and Transmission Unit (UMMT), the Forest Fire Medical Unit, the command module and the Systems Unit (drones), three car pumps and two bulldozers. The work involves EMA 1-1-2, EMA INFOCA, Environmental Agents, the Provincial Consortium of Firefighters of Malaga, Firefighters of Malaga, Local Police, Civil Guard and the health services of 061. Resources have also been mobilized from different municipalities and the Civil Protection groups of Estepona and Marbella. Antonio Sanz thanked the response of all the organizations and entities mobilized and the collaboration of the City of Benahavís. The municipality has activated its Municipal Emergency Plan and care is maintained for vulnerable people and neighbors who need access to medication. The Emergency Agency of Andalusia asks the population to exercise extreme caution, follow the instructions of the operators and do not approach the fire area to avoid unnecessary risks.
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INFOCA lists the wildfire in Benahavís as controlled. The record is dated 13 September 2026 at 12:38:00. The structured INFOCA data currently records 3 firefighting crew/units, 4 vehicle/resources.
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The interactive map below provides an additional visual view of satellite-detected fire activity around Benahavís. It can help show the approximate location of recent heat detections in relation to the municipality and surrounding areas.
Map guidance: Satellite hotspot data is supplementary information and should not be used to decide whether an area is safe, whether a road is open, or whether evacuation or confinement measures apply. Always follow the latest instructions from INFOCA, Emergencias 112, DGT, Guardia Civil, Policía Local and other official authorities.
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The fire was reported on Sunday 13 September 2026 in the Ermita del Rosario area of Benahavís. As the incident developed, the Junta de Andalucía activated the emergency phase of the regional wildfire response plan.
Residents in Benahavís received an ES-Alert advising them of the situation, while confinement measures were introduced in the municipality. Around 50 people in Montemayor were also moved away from the affected area as a precaution.
More than 200 personnel were deployed as part of the emergency response, with INFOCA forest firefighters and aerial resources working alongside Emergencias 112, CPB Málaga firefighters, municipal fire services, police, Guardia Civil and other emergency teams.
Road restrictions can be introduced or lifted at short notice during a wildfire, both because of changing fire conditions and to keep routes clear for emergency vehicles.
The A-7175 has been among the routes affected during this incident. The live system on this page monitors relevant DGT information and is intended to highlight road restrictions affecting Benahavís and the principal routes serving the municipality whenever official structured information is available.
Drivers should never attempt to pass a road closure or use minor rural roads to bypass emergency restrictions. Smaller roads may themselves be affected by smoke, fire, firefighting operations or emergency traffic, even if a navigation app suggests they remain open.
If you need to travel, check the latest official road information before setting off and allow emergency services priority at all times. Do not travel towards the affected area simply to observe the fire.
Emergency alerts sent directly to mobile phones should be treated as official instructions. Read the complete message carefully and follow the directions given by the authorities.
If residents are instructed to remain indoors, keep doors and windows closed and avoid unnecessary journeys. If an evacuation or preventive relocation is ordered, follow the routes and instructions provided by emergency personnel rather than relying solely on normal navigation apps.
Conditions around a wildfire can change quickly. Wind direction, smoke, terrain and firefighting operations can all alter which areas or roads are considered safe.
A large part of the Benahavís community is international, and some of the quickest official information during an emergency is published only in Spanish. One purpose of this page is therefore to make important local information easier to understand.
Where an official announcement is issued only in Spanish, the live system may provide a short English summary explaining the subject of the update. The original source remains linked so that readers can always check the complete official wording.
For safety-critical information such as confinement measures, evacuation instructions or road closures, summaries are deliberately conservative. They are intended to explain what an official notice concerns rather than replace it with an interpretation.
For emergency instructions, the original official notice always takes priority over any English summary shown on this page.
The Benahavís Collection brings together information from official public authorities for convenience. Residents should continue to consult the authorities directly for the fastest and most authoritative emergency information.
Wildfire Information
Official wildfire status, firefighting resources and operational updates from the Agencia de Emergencias de Andalucía.
Emergency Updates
Official emergency announcements, public-safety instructions and incident updates from the Junta de Andalucía.
Fire & Rescue
The Consorcio Provincial de Bomberos de Málaga provides firefighting and rescue services across the province and works alongside other emergency services during major incidents.
Road Information
Official road closures, restrictions and access information from DGT affecting Benahavís and the principal routes serving the municipality.
The Benahavís Collection normally focuses on property, places and everyday life in Benahavís. During a significant local emergency, however, having reliable information in one easily accessible place can be particularly useful for residents, property owners and visitors who may otherwise be following several Spanish-language sources at the same time.
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