The forest fire that started today at 10:19 a.m. in the Los Campeches area, in the municipality of Los Realejos, in Tenerife, has moved to Level 2 at 2:00 p.m. at the request of the Cabildo de Tenerife, assuming the management of the emergency the Government of the Canary Islands, in application of the Special Plan for Civil Protection and Emergency Response to Forest Fires in the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands (INFOCA).
The territorial scope of the emergency, at the time of the declaration, includes the municipalities of Los Realejos and San Juan de La Rambla. As a preventive measure, the Fuente de Pedro camping area, the Barranco de la Arena Camp, as well as the El Lagar and La Tahona recreational areas have been evacuated.
Up to now, eight aerial resources have been involved: three helicopters from the Emergency and Rescue Group of the Government of the Canary Islands (GES), another two from the Cabildo de Tenerife, a Kamov helicopter and an Air tractor (cargo plane on the ground) from the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (MITECO), in addition to a Civil Guard helicopter in air coordination functions. By land, firefighting personnel from the Cabildo de Tenerife, the Firefighters Consortium and the EIRIF teams of the Government of the Canary Islands based in La Gomera and BRIF from MITECO participate; security resources of both the Local Police, the State Security Forces and bodies and the General Corps of the Canarian Police and Civil Protection, the Canary Islands Emergency Service (SUC) and the Red Cross.
With the declaration of Level 2 of the fire, the Military Emergency Unit (UME) is incorporated into the extinction tasks, with the first contingent that deploys a platoon made up of 20 soldiers, three fire trucks, a wet nurse and an operations manager. During the night troops from Gran Canaria will be incorporated.
