The mayor of El Rosario, in Tenerife, scholastic gillaunches a message for help in the face of the incidence of the forest fire that hits his municipality from midnight Tuesday to Wednesday, among others.
Speaking to Canarian Televisionthe Esperancero ruler demanded “Let the air resources come and help us put out the fire”.
From the area of Las Rosas, where the second eviction of the environment was proceeding, Escolástico Gil warns that the flames threaten the most dangerous interface zone in Tenerife, due to the abandonment of the farms and the proximity of the mountain. “The time has come for them to act in El Rosario.”
Vicky Palma: “We are facing a fire that we have never seen in the Canary Islands”
The advisor of Meteorology of the Cabildo de Tenerife, Vicky Palma, explained that the Island is “facing a fire that we have never seen in the Canary Islands.” “The fire is generating convection in the 34 hours of activity. The column of the fire has been between 3 and 6 kilometers of altitude, even at night. The sky over Santa Cruz or La Laguna is not a cloud, it is smoke from the fire. This generates its own weather conditions and affects nearby places. The column only tilts when it is very high. The potential of the smoke column to raise small particles causes some to fall with fire and cause secondary fires,” he said.
“With the weather conditions that we have today (this Thursday) we think that this convection can be repeated throughout the day and cause problems as in the last hours,” he said.
Rosa Dávila: “The fire has consumed more than 2,600 hectares and has a perimeter of 31 kilometers”
The president of the Cabildo de Tenerife, Rosa Dávila, pointed out that “the fire has consumed more than 2,600 hectares and has a perimeter of 31 kilometers.” “The decision to confine has been made so that the roads are free for the action of urban firefighters. We are going to be working at the head of the fire, where it has been most active during the night, as well as in La Orotava, where we are proceeding to the evacuation in the Florida area and creating a firebreak on that left flank”, he commented, to point out that “more means on the ground and in the air have been incorporated, especially in the areas of the urban centers to be able to act in right now in the hull area”.
Confined the urban nucleus of La Esperanza, in El Rosario
The General Directorate of Emergencies of the Government of the Canary Islands, based on the information available and in application of Decree 60/2014, of May 29, which approves the Special Plan for Civil Protection and Emergency Attention for Forest Fires of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands (INFOCA), declares the confinement of the urban center of La Esperanza, in El Rosario, although it is affecting the municipalities of Arafo, Candelaria, La Victoria de Acentejo, Santa Úrsula and La Orotava.
Escolástico Gil, mayor of El Rosario: “I ask that the air resources come now and help us put out the fire”
Gil sends a message of help in the face of the incidence of the forest fire that hits his municipality from midnight Tuesday to Wednesday, among others. In statements to Televisión Canaria, the Esperancero councilor demanded “that the aerial means come now and help us put out the fire.”
10:14
Fernando Clavijo: “This is the most complex fire in the last 40 years”
The President of the Government of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, explained at the press conference to update the data on the fire that is raging in Tenerife that “this is likely to be the most complex fire in the last 40 years.” “We have made the decision to confine the entire urban area of El Rosario for safety, evacuate the entire upper part of Barranco Hondo, Las Rozas, Los Apaches in El Rosario, La Resbala and Pinolere, in La Orotava. We are going to give much greater operation to the work of extinction. This decision has been taken by the direction of the fire because the wind is causing small outbreaks to form in isolated areas of the fire, “he said.
09:53
Unfavorable air quality in the municipalities of Güimar, Arafo, Candelaria and El Rosario
Smoke from forest fires is made up of a mixture of gases and small particles that are emitted by the combustion of vegetation and other materials.
Recommendations for the population of the affected area:
• Avoid staying outside and carrying out intense or prolonged physical activities.
• Close doors, windows, if you have air conditioning put it in recirculation mode and with clean filters.
• Outside, the use of an FFP2 mask is recommended to avoid respiratory problems and protect the eyes as much as possible, wash them if necessary.
09:07
The mayor of Santa Úrsula, Juan Manuel Acosta, reports that there has been an intensification in the fire in the Corona Forestal. 95 hectares affected in Santa Úrsula, although still far from the housing area. From the municipality, the mayor confirms that they are trying by all means to ensure containment measures and calls for responsibility from the people and that all the media be allowed to act, which is doing it in an extraordinary way.
08:47
Preventive evacuation of Aguamansa, Pinolere and the upper part of La Florida, in La Orotava
He Town Hall of La Orotava have confirmed through your account Twitter that the decision has been made to evacuate in a preventive manner in view of the evolution of the fire, the population centers of Aguamansa, Pinolere and the highlands of La Florida.
04:24
Federico Grillo, technical director of Emergencies of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria and responsible for Fires of this institution: «The extinguishing capacity is lost when the fire has a hungry behavior like the one observed in Arafo and Candelaria. Exceeds human capacity»
04:08
Tenerife has favorable weather conditions to contain the fire, but the troops must try to put a stop to the fire before the weekend.
08 16 2023 22:23
The leader of the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has sent his support and solidarity with the families evicted by the forest fire in Tenerife. In a message on social networks, Feijóo has also extended his support to the Canary Islands Government that “is once again facing the management of another terrible fire.”
Likewise, he thanked the management of the troops who fight against the fire and has sent them “a lot of strength”.
08 16 2023 22:12
The Government of the Canary Islands plans to install a mobile station to monitor air quality.
08 16 2023 22:02
The roads from La Esperanza to Teide and TF 523 (Los Loros climb) continue to be closed. The population is asked to respect these cuts and not circulate on these roads.
08 16 2023 21:50
Those evacuated by the forest fire in Tenerife amount to 150 people, of which only four remain in the authorized shelters. The roads from La Esperanza to El Teide and TF 523 (ascent to Los Loros) also continue to be closed.
08 16 2023 21:30
The fire in Tenerife already affects more than 1,800 hectares and a perimeter of about 22 kilometers, with some areas that are very difficult to access. The extinction operation is made up of 250 troops and 14 aerial means.
08 16 2023 20:41
The remains of the fire that affects the Island have reached the coast of Candelaria, leaving a black blanket over the sea
08 16 2023 20:14
Testimony: Jenifer Santos, considered the best organic cheese maker in Spain, abandoned her farm in the middle of the night in the Altos de Arafo when she realized the start of the forest fire in Tenerife, rescuing her goats and dogs, around a hundred animals.
The Esperancero mayor expressed his concern for the safety of about a thousand people who live in Las Rosasafter the eviction of Las Barreras at 11:00 p.m. this Wednesday and six hours later, at 5:00 a.m., of the surroundings of Preventorio, Escuela Hogar and the nucleus of Las Rosas.
“The intervention of aerial means is urgent to guarantee the safety of the neighbors”warns Escolástico Gil.
