Wildfire in southern Spain stabilised, people allowed back home

Wildfire burns in Pujerra, Spain, June 10, 2022, in this screen grab taken from a video. INFOCA HANDOUT/Handout via REUTERS

BENAHAVIS, Spain (Reuters) - Firefighters managed to stabilise a wildfire that ravaged 3,500 hectares (8,600 acres) of woods and bushes in southern Spain, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Felix Bolanos said on Friday.

The blaze started on Wednesday afternoon on the slope of Pujerra mountain in the Sierra Bermeja, north of the Costa del Sol, and spurred the evacuation by emergency services of about 2,000 people from the town of Benahavis.