its progress is contained and it already affects 14,624 hectares


The Tenerife fire has lived its first quiet night, after the extinction teams have managed to carry out all the planned work, including putting out some scattered points in the El Rosario and Santa Úrsula area. “We have had a quiet night in weather and climate. We have been able to work smoothly”, explained the Minister of Territorial Policy of the Government of the Canary Islands and head of Emergencies, Manuel Miranda.

This situation “allows us to think of a start of de-escalation”, which would mean the return home of many people who are still evicted due to the proximity of the flames. Miranda has highlighted that there have been no damages to infrastructures or homes. “The fire is not over, but we are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. There are still days of work with a lot of effort”, he stated.

The fire has burned 14,624 hectares, with a potential of 20,000, in a perimeter of 88 kilometers. The technical director of Emergencies of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, Federico Grillo, has explained that the figure is somewhat lower compared to the day of this Monday after they gave “a higher figure due to a rapid adjustment”, but “spinning finer it gave us something more than 14,000”.

The fire resists in the Malabrigo area

The device has two main objectives this Tuesday: on the one hand, to continue working in the Malabrigo area, which is still active and to where most of the media will travel. On the other, working in the Tacoronte area, where there are hot spots that cause the fire to break out. All access to Teide will continue to be closed, although there will be Civil Guard personnel who will allow access to owners of beekeeping farms and observatories in the area.

The Altos de Güímar front is still active, which is difficult to access and move around in the area as there are steep slopes and rolling stock. The upland potential of Fasnia is expected to fade.

With respect to the Izaña area, the president of the Tenerife Council, Rosa Dávila, explained that it is completely cold, while in the La Orotava valley there are hundreds of hot spots that are reviving quickly: “We have made the decision to turn them off one by one, it is a very tedious job.”

Also, he has stated that the fire is evolving favourably, but that we are still in a situation that “is not normal”.



An extinction helicopter inoperative after receiving a stone

Dávila, has warned this Tuesday that a helicopter of the corporation that works against the flames has been rendered inoperative after receiving a stone when it was replenishing water in an agricultural tank. He has attributed this action to the hoaxes that are being spread and that can cause “some people to do this type of thing for fear of losing their crops”, despite the fact that all the water that has been collected to fight the fire will be replaced. .

“It is very important that we can work calmly and without more risk than the media already have in their work,” Rosa Dávila asked, to warn that the only official source of information “is this table”, alluding to the facilities from the Emergency and Security Coordination Center 112 from where the fire assessment meetings and press conferences take place.

Air quality is still very unfavorable in 17 Tenerife municipalities

The air quality as a result of the forest fire that has affected Tenerife since last Tuesday continues to be very unfavorable in 17 municipalities on the island, and especially in Los Realejos, La Orotava and Arafo.

The Emergency and Security Coordination Center (Cecoes) 112 recalls in a statement that the 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.

Specifically, the air quality is very unfavorable in the north of the island, in addition to Los Realejos and La Orotava, in El Sauzal, La Matanza de Acentejo, La Victoria de Acentejo, Santa Úrsula, Puerto de la Cruz, Buenavista del Norte , Los Silos, Garachico, Icod de los Vinos, La Guancha and San Juan de la Rambla.



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