Marbella Beach Bar Fire

Marbella Beach Bar Fire – a chiringuito has been engulfed by flames.

A fire broke out at a beach bar on El Cable Beach in Marbella yesterday afternoon. The plume of black smoke was visible for several miles. Firefighters were called to the El Muele chiringuito just after 1pm, and were able to bring the fire under control.

All staff and customers were safely evacuated with no casualties reported. Three cars and a nearby boat were damaged.

Here is a spectacular short video from Mijas Comunicacion of the blaze:

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Chiringuito

A chiringuito is a small enterprise, usually a bar, selling mainly drinks and tapas, sometimes meals in a more or less provisional building, often on a beach. There are two main variants:

Those found on beaches or at tourist attractions, which enjoy only brief but intense seasonal activity. These can be solid structures, but are more often no-frills shelters or simply stalls capable of commanding a price premium compared to regular suppliers, as well as high turnover, yielding reasonable profits over a short span of time.

Particularly in Andalucia and increasingly also much of Spain, such installations are a popular feature of markets, fiestas and eventos, where they are called casetas since they are often trade out of standardized prefabricated wooden boxes routinely set up in streets and town squares.