The Government of the Canary Islands has asked the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge to mobilize three seaplanes to fight the forest fire that has affected the municipalities of Arafo and Candelaria, in Tenerife, since last night.
Follow the last hour of the fire in Tenerife, which is already at level two
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The request was made by the Canarian Councilor for Territorial Policy, Territorial Cohesion and Water, Manuel Miranda, who, as head of Emergencies, has taken over the management of the Special Plan for Civil Protection and Emergency Attention due to Forest Fires in the Autonomous Community of Canary Islands (Infoca).
Two new helicopters from the Emergency and Rescue Group of the Government of the Canary Islands have also joined the work to try to put out the fire, so that right now there are 13 aerial means trying to fight the flames.
The fire forced the preventive eviction of several nuclei last night and due to the dimension of the fire, the Cabildo de Tenerife requested this morning from the Government of the Canary Islands the passage to level 2 of gravity, with which it assumes the direction of the emergency.
Manuel Miranda, director of the emergency #INFOCAhas requested the @mitecogob the mobilization of 3 seaplanes to combat the #IFArafoCandelaria
➡️Two new helicopters from the #GES of the Government of the Canary Islands, so right now there are 13 aerial means pic.twitter.com/azVLhIH1jw
— 1-1-2 Canary Islands (@112canarias) August 16, 2023
