Emergency services recorded 62 incidents in six hours on Wednesday as Storm Charles brought strong winds and heavy rain across Andalusia. Seville was under weather warnings for rain and wind. The CECOP, the coordination centre of the CPEIS, handled the calls between 2pm and 8pm in 34 municipalities. By 7.30am on Thursday, 12 November, the total had reached 252 across 65 municipalities.
Another 31 calls came in between 7pm on Wednesday and 7.30am the following morning. Across the episode, crews dealt mainly with flooding and wind damage. They also responded to traffic accidents and hazards from falling trees or building components. The CPEIS said its control centre coordinated responses and activated fire stations according to demand. The regional 112 service reported a separate count of 213 weather-related incidents across Andalusia by 12.30pm on Wednesday, including 99 in Seville.
Alcalá de Guadaíra had the highest number of recorded calls, with 27. Los Palacios y Villafranca had 13; Carmona and Utrera each had 12. Mairena del Aljarafe recorded 10 and Coria del Río nine. Separate coverage of Algeciras's overnight plan described local measures during severe weather. The Seville figures cover the provincial fire service's response.
Several incidents required action on roads. In Isla Mayor, firefighters freed a person trapped after two cars collided on the A-8053. Crews and road-maintenance services also responded to alerts on the A-474 in Aznalcázar, the A-8025 in Carmona, the A-8059 in Bollullos de la Mitación and the A-49 access area in Castilleja de la Cuesta. Elsewhere in the province, fallen trees and branches affected roads, including the A-8202 near Constantina.
In Guillena, firefighters from Santiponce joined road-maintenance staff and the Guardia Civil to assess water levels beside the Barbolí stream on the A-8080. Elsewhere, firefighters were sent to a school in Cazalla de la Sierra after water accumulated at colegio Virgen del Monte. In Constantina, water entered a home on calle Peso. After assessing the situation, crews coordinated an entrance-protection measure with the town council. Flooding in homes was also reported in Guadalcanal and Mairena del Aljarafe.
The overnight incidents included building hazards and fires. At 7.41pm, firefighters from La Rinconada worked at height to remove the risk of part of the roof falling at Centro Público Integrado de Formación Profesional Javier Imbroda, in San José. At 11.33pm, crews removed a loose sheet of metal at Alcalá de Guadaíra's former police station. In Estepa, firefighters later dealt with a tree that had fallen onto a public road.
Police in Las Cabezas de San Juan reported a house fire at 7.43pm on the SE-5209, near the settlement of Hija. The response ended without personal injuries. Firefighters also attended a vehicle fire in Carmona at 10.54pm. The CPEIS said its work was coordinated with Emergencias 112 Andalucía, the Guardia Civil and municipal police forces. In the early hours of Thursday, 112 continued to handle reports of localised flooding and falling objects. A woman was hospitalised in Brenes after part of a house roof collapsed.
The provincial service had increased staffing from 10 November, expanding on-duty crews and adding four operators to the CECOP control room. It also increased the number of on-duty commanders and checked that rescue and building-safety equipment was available, along with water-pumping equipment. The Consorcio's vice-president and provincial deputy for supramunicipal public services, Gonzalo Domínguez, kept municipal mayors informed about the weather and incidents in their areas. In Seville city, the emergency response remained at level 1 during the storm.
