Elche Town Hall was due to decide early this morning whether to remove the red flag and allow tourists and locals back into the water after tests to see if the bites contained poison. The nationalities of the two children who needed medical treatment has not been revealed. El Pinet is a beach in the south of the municipality of Elche on an impressive strip of dunes. It is just over a mile long and part of the beach is occupied with villas and restaurants. In June three beaches were closed temporarily in the Costa Blanca holiday resort of Benidorm after seven people were stung by Portuguese Men O’War and two of the jellyfish-like creatures were spotted.