A spectacular fire occurred in a home on Avenida de Torreblanca in Torrevieja on Thursday afternoon, resulting in considerable damage to the house. The alarm was raised at 2:45 p.m. but thanks to the quick intervention of the fire fighters, it didn´t spread to the surrounding houses.
In recent weeks, a breeding colony of Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) has formed in the salt flats of Torrevieja, it is a species of seabird present throughout most of the year in the south of Alicante, although it does not normally reproduce.
The Association of Friends of the Southern Wetlands of Alicante (AHSA) values the colony positively, which according to AHSA could exceed 300 breeding pairs, since the only localities where it breeds in the Valencian Community: Albufera de Valencia and the Marjal del Moro, have suffered a significant setback in the last two years, losing half of the more than 1,000 breeding pairs that nested until 2019.