He council of Tenerife confirmed this Wednesday that the evacuation of the neighborhoods of Arrate, Chivisaya, Media Montaña and Ajafoñadue to the danger generated by the fire that is taking place between the municipalities of Candelaria and Arafoin Tenerife, since last Tuesday night and which has already affected some 130 hectares of land. The government of Canary Islands has declared level 2 of the INFOCA of the fire and assumes management.
As reported by the official Twitter account of the Tenerife Council, the decision to relocate the residents of these nuclei responds to preventive criteria. Under the same criteria, and to facilitate the work of extinction, Access to the area has been closed via the TF-24 highway, between Las Lagunetas and El Portillo, and TF-523, on the Los Loros highway.
Until now, the means deployed to the place are those corresponding to the Forestry Brigade (Brifor), as well as members of the Insular Firefighters Consortium with the collaboration of the Güímar and La Laguna Volunteer Firefighters. First thing in the morning, different aerial means of the Government of the Canary Islands and the State will be incorporated into the extinction tasks.
Attempts during the bridge
On the other hand, an outbreak of fire in the Galería del Peral area, in Vilaflor (Tenerife), declared during the night of this Monday, it could be considered controlled around 06:00 yesterday Tuesday, as reported by the Cabildo de Tenerife. The declared attempt was controlled thanks to the actions of the Forestry Brigade, the flames affecting one hectare of undergrowth and pine forest.
Likewise, from the early hours of this Tuesday, the fire-fighting forces, together with firefighters from Tenerife, acted in the Cho Pancho area, in San Miguel (Tenerife), where small attempts occurred, one of which was detected at 01:45 a.m. and another at 06.49 hours, both being considered controlled at 10.18 hours, reports Europa Press.
