More than 12,000 people have been evacuated from their homes and by Saturday more than 8,000 hectares forest had been burned
Improved weather conditions helped firefighters make advances overnight in their battle to tame a wildfire raging out of control for the past five days on the tourist island of Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands, authorities said Sunday.
Dávila said that more than 12,000 people have been evacuated from their homes since the fire started Tuesday. Up to Saturday more than 8,000 hectares of pine forest had been burned, but Dávila said that figure was likely to be much higher Sunday. The emergency services said air quality in 19 town areas was not good and urged people to stay indoors when possible and wear masks outdoors.More than 400 firefighters and soldiers have been deployed, as well as 23 water-carrying helicopters and planes.
The seven Canary Islands are located off the northwest coast of Africa and southwest of mainland Spain. At their nearest point, they are 100 kilometres from Morocco.
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