A turbulent nonpremixed ethanol spray flame is characterized through experiments using laser diagnostics. The spray burner has been designed to generate a stable flame with the use of a bluff body. The experiments include spatially-resolved measurements of visualization of droplets distribution (Mie scattering), OH fluorescence intensity, which indicates the reaction zone (Planar laser-induced fluorescence, PLIF) and mean air-flow velocity (Particle imaging velocimetry, PIV). Initially, water sprays results are compared corresponding to different flow rates, showing two asymmetric maximum intensity zones of Mie scattering, which are found near the nozzle at jet velocities. For low flow velocity, coalescence of droplets occurs in the central zone. Then two combustion regimes have been studied, using OH PLIF that corresponds to two different fuel flow rates. The instantaneous and average structure of turbulent flames, allowed identifying local extinction regions. Combined Mie scattering/PLIF results allowed determining, in the case of smallest fuel flow rates, that the spray is surrounded by the flame, which represents a classical situation for the development of combustion models for turbulent flames. In the case of larger flow rate, discrepancies from the classical behavior were observed, since droplets interact strongly with the combustion process.