The fire started at 10:17 PM, immediately activating a large emergency response. This included personnel from the Alicante Provincial Fire Consortium, with units from the Orihuela and Almoradí stations, as well as forest fire brigades, Local Police, National Police, Civil Protection, and Emergency Services.

Extinction efforts were carried out overnight exclusively with ground resources, as nighttime conditions and difficult access to the area prevented the use of aerial means. Despite these limitations, the progress of the work was favorable from the outset.

Throughout the morning, surveillance and perimeter cooling tasks have continued. An aerial unit has now been incorporated to reinforce ground efforts and prevent possible reactivations of the fire. Initial hypotheses suggest the fire's origin could be linked to a lightning strike recorded days earlier in the area, which may have remained latent until subsequently activating, although the causes are still under investigation.

The Councilor for Civil Protection and Emergencies, Víctor Valverde, traveled to the fire site and closely monitored its evolution, in direct contact with the Mayor of Orihuela, Pepe Vegara. The City Council has conveyed a message of calm to the public and expressed gratitude for the professionalism and coordination of all participating personnel, as well as the collaboration of local residents, whose assistance in providing access information and terrain details was crucial in expediting the emergency teams' response in a difficult-to-access environment.