Around 7,000 people have been either evacuated or confined to their homes due to the raging wildfire
More people were evacuated from their homes on the Spanish island of Tenerife on Saturday morning as a wildfire raging in the north of the island remained out of control, but the flames have so far avoided major tourist areas.The blaze broke out on Wednesday in a mountainous national park around the Mount Teide volcano – Spain’s highest peak – amid hot and dry weather.
Earlier in the week, Clavijo called the fire the most complex the Canary Islands have faced in 40 years, due to a combination of hot, dry and windy weather, as well as difficult terrain.“The weather has changed and we have had to evacuate towns in the north of Tenerife, specifically five areas,” Manuel Miranda, regional councillor for Territorial Policy, Territorial Cohesion and Water, told reporters on Saturday.
He said more evacuations had been necessary because of the “danger and proximity of the fire,” adding that so far authorities “have avoided any human loss … and that is our main objective”.
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