The first reconnaissance flight this Friday morning, thanks to the arrival of light, has made it possible to know that the forecasts for the Los Realejos fire (Tenerife) They have been met: the wind has helped, the temperatures have dropped -although they are expected to rise again on Sunday- and the humidity remains low, reported the President of the Government of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, at a press conference.
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Before the media, the chief executive has also indicated that the fire is still active and that the perimeter of the fire has increased -now there are more than 500 hectares affected and a perimeter of 11 kilometers summit- although this, he has pointed out, “was the foreseeable ” during the night, in which more than one hundred ground personnel worked in the control and extinction of the fire. In addition, ten aerial means have been incorporated this Friday morning so that the “situation improves”, said Torres. The ground operation of extinction will be made up of some 170 troops, supported by security, health and logistics services.
At the moment, the fire has entered three municipalities: Los Realejos, San Juan de la Rambla and La Guancha, and mainly in public forests, although it has also affected private farms. The regional leader has assured that there is no knowledge of conditions in homes or in tool rooms or areas where there are animals.
He explained that work is being done fundamentally on two points, those that are of most concern, to prevent the fire from continuing to advance towards populated areas: the San Juan ravine due to the inaccessibility of the area by land means and the left flank of the fire.
Torres ended his appearance by recalling that the Canary Islands are on alert due to the risk of forest fires due to high temperatures.
The head of Civil Protection and Emergency Care of the Canary Islands, Montserrat Román, has also indicated this Friday that the evacuations carried out (around thirty people and 60 from camping areas) have so far been preventive and, for the moment, they are not expected. more during the day.
The president of the Cabildo, Pedro Martín, has reported that some 40 homes in San Juan de la Rambla have lost their water supply because the fire has affected the channel that supplies the Los Cuchillos reservoir, so between the City Council and the Council Insular de Aguas is looking for an emergency solution to replace it.
