The Bombers de Mallorca and the Balearic Institute of Nature (Ibanat) extinguished this Saturday a forest fire declared in the Son Catlar area, in the municipality of Campos.

The Calvià Town Hall expects that the majority of residents of the Magaluf apartment block affected by the fire declared this Thursday will be able to return to their homes starting next Monday, once the technical inspections of the property have been completed. This was explained by the mayor of Calvià, Juan Antoni Amengual, during the minute of silence held this midday in memory of the two fatal victims of the incident. Amengual assured that the accommodation needs of the evacuated people are covered thanks to the collaboration of the hotel sector in the area.

A fire declared around 5:00 PM this Thursday at the back of Manacor Hospital set off alarms and the building's safety protocols, forcing a rapid and sudden evacuation of several areas of the center. A total of 25 patients had to be relocated: in the pediatrics unit, seven mothers, four boys, and two young children; in the oncology area, another three. All were transferred to the UCSI area (Outpatient Surgery Unit). Another 9 psychiatry patients were transferred to an interior patio while the fire was being extinguished and its possible causes were being investigated. They are now back in their unit. In all cases, relatives have already been notified.

A fire declared around 5:00 PM this Thursday at the rear of Manacor Hospital, set off alarms and the building's safety protocols, forcing the rapid and sudden evacuation of several areas of the center. Initially, it was reported that the fire could have originated in a room with flammable material, although minutes later and after the intervention of the Mallorca Firefighters, it was confirmed that it began after a spark from a worker who was handling a hot water boiler with a radial saw, which appears to have been the cause of the subsequent fire.

Two people died this Thursday early in the morning in a fire that broke out at 5.23 am in a residential building in Magaluf, in the Mallorcan municipality of Calvià, where several people were also injured. The Civil Guard reported that the deceased are a 58-year-old man of Argentine nationality and a woman who has not yet been identified. They also added that they did not live together, but were in different homes at the time of the fire.

A patient from the Psychiatry area of Son Espases hospital has caused a fire, which was quickly extinguished without causing significant personal or material damage.

The Mallorca Firefighters have declared extinguished this Friday at 7:15 PM the fire that broke out on Thursday morning in several warehouses in the Binissalem industrial estate. The fire required more than 40 hours of work from the emergency teams.

The Mallorca Firefighters are intervening this Monday in a fire affecting several electrical transformers located on Narquès street, in the municipality of Alcúdia.

A fire declared early this morning in a hotel in Can Picafort has temporarily forced the evacuation of the establishment's clients while the Mallorca Firefighters worked to extinguish the fire and ventilate the facilities.

Two people were injured this Wednesday in a fire in an abandoned building in Cala Millor. The Mallorca Firefighters extinguished the fire, which originated on the third floor of the building, according to the fire department.

A fire declared early this morning in a room at a hotel in s'Illot temporarily forced the evacuation of more than a hundred people on Sunday. The fire originated shortly after three in the morning in the bathroom of a room on the first floor of the establishment and caused a large accumulation of smoke that activated the emergency protocol.

A fire declared this Thursday at 6:45 a.m. in paper and plastic containers on Ticia street in Palma has generated an intense plume of smoke and has forced the Local Police to cordon off the area while several units of the Palma Firefighters worked to extinguish the flames.

Palma Local Police have reported four siblings between 58 and 66 years old for not maintaining a plot of land they owned in El Arenal in good condition, an act that facilitated the spread of a fire on February 19 and forced the evacuation of a nearby house.

A fire that broke out Thursday afternoon in an illegal settlement in Palma gutted one of the shacks, causing no injuries. According to the Palma City Council, the fire started shortly after 6:00 p.m. on Joan Mascaró i Fornés Street, in the Son Serra Perera neighborhood. Firefighters from Palma were dispatched to the scene and extinguished the flames around 7:00 p.m. Several units of the Local Police also responded. The fire only affected a small wooden house located within the group of shacks in the area.

Around noon today, Tuesday, the IES Manacor high school experienced a scare that, thankfully, didn't escalate. A fire in an electrical panel connected to the rooftop solar panel installation forced the evacuation of the school and the mobilization of emergency services. Students who were in the cafeteria at the time alerted authorities to the black smoke billowing from the roof. At least, nothing had been noticed from the classrooms or the courtyard, neither by smell nor temperature. The fire was strictly technical in origin and did not affect other areas or pose any structural risk to the building. The incident was quickly and effectively contained by the Mallorca Fire Department, who disconnected the photovoltaic system to ensure the school's safety. All students were evacuated to the courtyard, unable to retrieve their belongings, and classes were suspended. The evacuation was carried out according to the self-protection protocol and the fire safety protocol, which was last tested just a month ago. Students, teachers, and non-teaching staff followed the instructions responsibly and cooperatively. No injuries were reported, and the entire school community is safe. The school administration has sent a message of gratitude to the students, teachers, and non-teaching staff for their calm and cooperation, as well as to the emergency services for their swift and professional response.

A fire that broke out in a truck being transported in the hold of a ferry traveling between Barcelona and Palma has left 13 people suffering from smoke inhalation. According to the Balearic Islands Port Authority (APB), all required medical attention. Two others needed it for a diabetic episode and a headache, respectively. There were 169 passengers (155 adults, ten children, and four infants) and 46 crew members on board. The ferry was also carrying 68 trucks and 52 other vehicles, including cars, motorcycles, and vans. The incident occurred at approximately 6:30 a.m. inside the ferry. Golden Bridge from the shipping company GNV, as reported by Maritime Rescue on its social media account. The vessel was sailing approximately 50 nautical miles from the Balearic capital when Maritime Rescue became aware of the fire. Although the flames had been contained, there was still a lot of smoke in the hold, which apparently came from one of the trucks it was transporting.

Firefighters in Palma responded Tuesday to a fire in an apartment on the seventh floor of a building on Alexandre Roselló Avenue. One person suffered minor injuries from smoke inhalation. The fire broke out around 5:20 p.m. Tuesday, and local police closed the avenues to traffic to allow firefighters to work. Traffic resumed around 6:30 p.m. According to fire department sources, the fire affected the exterior of a balcony and has since been extinguished. SAMU 061 (Emergency Medical Service) treated five people, one of whom suffered minor injuries from smoke inhalation. An advanced life support ambulance, a shift supervisor, and a logistics vehicle were dispatched to the scene. Following the fire's extinguishment, firefighters and the building protection service will conduct an inspection of the property on Wednesday to assess any necessary safety measures. According to the City Council, a small fire broke out in the same residence earlier, around 3:00 p.m., but it was already extinguished by the time firefighters arrived. However, a thermal imaging camera was used to verify that the fire was completely out.

The Supreme Court (TS) has reduced the sentence of the perpetrator of one of the most virulent and destructive forest fires in the Balearic Islands, which occurred in July 2013 in the Serra de Tramuntana mountains and affected 2,347 hectares. The criminal chamber partially upheld the appeal filed by the defendant and decided to reduce his sentence from two and a half years to one year and nine months in prison for the crime of arson.

A man died on Tuesday while burning stubble, which sparked a forest fire in the Gorg Blau area, in the municipality of Escorca. The fire broke out at 12:50 p.m. and was classified as having a severity index of 0, as the agricultural burn ended up affecting forest land, according to the Mallorca Fire Department, the Balearic Institute of Nature (Ibanat), and the Regional Ministry of the Presidency. The burning had been previously reported to the Government, and firefighters from the Mallorca fire stations in Sóller and Inca, as well as personnel from Ibanat, who took charge of extinguishing the blaze, were deployed to the scene.

Palma firefighters rescued four people trapped in the old prison due to a large fire early Saturday morning.