The change of the wind forced to work intensely in Izana during the night, where a significant withdrawal of media was concentrated to avoid damage to scientific infrastructures of the area and contain the advance of the calls.
Last night, more than 300 troops They fought against the fire that had reached the El Teide National Park and prevented it from affecting the telescopes of the Instituto Astrofísica de Canarias and the Meteorological Observatory.
The Brifor operative of the Cabildo de Tenerife was able to capture the situation in the area this morning through a drone, in which the distance between the front and the Observatories is observed.
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📹 Flight of the drone of the Brifor operation of the @CabildoTenerife at 3 in the morning over the Izaña area where the distance between the front and the Observatories can be seen.@112canaries pic.twitter.com/P3aSu38PsW— Cabildo Tenerife Press (@PrensaTenerife) August 21, 2023
The web cameras of the THEMIS Solar Telescope also captured the advance of the flames in the area between yesterday afternoon and early this morning. Fortunately, the facilities were protected.
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Time lapse 12:08->23:54 h of the webcam of the THEMIS Solar Telescope, of the Teide Observatory and integrated into the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias © CNRS-THEMIS 2023. @IAC_Astrophysics
Escapes for now, but a very hard day.
👨🚒👨🚒 💪💪 pic.twitter.com/Q9oIh7tAC9—Isaki64 (@isaki64) August 21, 2023
The spread of the flames in the highlands of the municipality of La Orotava forced yesterday the preventive eviction of the Parador Notional de El Teide due to the advance of the forest fire declared on August 15 on the island.
