Members of the Protección Civil, Fire Brigade and even INFOCA are busy cleaning up the debris in Ecija, badly hit bu flooding for the second time this month.
Severe flooding in Ecija
Sevilla province has been the worst hit by storms in the past couple of days with the rio Genil rising by 7.3 metres. The town of Ecija has suffered severe flooding with up to 30% of the old town under water and forcing the evacuation of the hospital.
Supermarket owner charged with fraud
The owner of a SuperM supermarket in Ecija has been arrested and the premises sealed after he was found to have been adjusting the sell-by dates on various products by as much as two years.
Body of missing canoeist found
Police in Palma del Río, Córdoba, have found the body of a canoeist who disappeared on July 3rd while on a trip down the Rio Genil from Ecija in Sevilla province to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Cádiz province.
Body of missing woman located
The body of a woman, missing from a residential home since Thursday, has been found in a pond in the La Alcarrachela area of Écija.
Counterfeit goods seized in Ecija
Police in Ecija, Sevilla, have arrested two people and siezed over 75,000 counterfeit items in raids on three warehouses. Two of the warehouses were on the Campiña industrial estate, the other was on the Cañada del Rosal road.
Tragic fire in Écija kills six people
Six people, five of them from the same family, have died in a fire in Écija, Sevilla.