'The fire is out of control, the scenario is not exactly very positive,' the head of the regional government, Fernando Clavijo, said at a news conference in Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands archipelago.
"The fire is out of control, the scenario is not exactly very positive," the head of the regional government, Fernando Clavijo, said at a news conference in Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands archipelago.In this picture taken from the village of Arafo on August 16, 2023, smoke columns rise from a wildfire in a forested area of the Guimar valley on the Canary island of Tenerife.
Around 250 firefighters battled a wildfire raging"out of control" on Spain's holiday island of Tenerife that forced road closures and the evacuation of five villages, officials said. The fire, which broke out on Tuesday night, was raging through a forested area with steep ravines in the northeastern part of the island, part of the Canary Islands archipelago off northwestern Africa.
"The fire is out of control, the scenario is not exactly very positive," the head of the regional government, Fernando Clavijo, said at a news conference in Tenerife late on Wednesday .
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