By Borja Suarez and Corina Pons TENERIFE, Canary Islands, Spain (Reuters) - A wildfire that has blanketed much of the Spanish island of Tenerife with ...
STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOSTENERIFE, Canary Islands, Spain - A wildfire that has blanketed much of the Spanish island of Tenerife with smoke and ash has slowed its advance thanks to containment efforts and more favourable weather during the night, authorities said on Friday.
More than 3,000 people were evacuated from their homes as a precaution on Thursday, although no buildings have been destroyed. "The fire and the weather have behaved in a more normal fashion after showing very unusual behaviour earlier. We've managed to work more intensely during the night ... preparing containment lines on the ground," he told a news conference.
All access to Tenerife's mountains, including Mount Teide and the Teide Astrophysics Institute, has been closed off to prevent any incidents.Scorching heat and dry weather this summer have contributed to unusually severe wildfires in Europe and Canada. Devastating blazes on Hawaii's Maui island earlier this month killed more than 110 people and wrecked the historic resort city of Lahaina.
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