They stone a firefighting helicopter in Tenerife while collecting water

During the afternoon of this Tuesday, between Barranco Hondo and El Rosario, three spotlights have been activated. Official air resources, planes and helicopters are acting right now. Neighbors are requested to wear an FFP2 mask, close doors and windows and avoid staying outside.

The Official College of Pilots condemns the attack against a helicopter that acts in the Tenerife fire

The Official College of Commercial Aviation Pilots (COPAC) has “outright” condemned the attack suffered by one of the helicopters involved in extinguishing the forest fire affecting the island of Tenerife.

The College mentions the information offered by the president of the Cabildo de Tenerife, Rosa Dávila, who pointed out that a person threw stones at a helicopter, hitting the tail rotor, “which forced the crew of the aircraft to make an emergency landing.

Behavior that from COPAC, as indicated in a press release, is “intolerable” behavior because “it directly affects the safety of operations and pilots”, causing damage to the aircraft, for which it understands that it must be sanctioned in accordance with the Aviation Safety Law.

In addition, the Official College of Pilots has regretted that this type of event occurs against professionals who are fighting the fire that affects the north of Tenerife in “very harsh” conditions.

Two tanker trucks from the Army join the firefighting device in Tenerife

Two tanker trucks from the Army have joined the firefighting device that is being carried out in Arafo and Candelaria, in Tenerife, as reported by the Ministry of Defense. In this way, they will collaborate in the filling of the water tank installed by the Military Emergency Unit (UME) at the Teide Observatory (Izaña) to provide water to the buses and helicopters of the device, shortening the displacements to hydrate.

Unprecedented concentrations of ultrafine particles in the Canary Islands due to the fire in Tenerife

Smoke emits particles of less than one micron, the smallest and most harmful, capable of reaching the bloodstream

Large clouds of smoke are hovering over Tenerife these days. The spectacular fire that has devastated the Forest Crown from various points of the island has also caused a huge amount of smoke to be emitted into the atmosphere which, when the wind direction is not favourable, also floods the low-lying and even coastal areas of the affected municipalities. That smoke is anything but harmless, and prolonged, continuous inhalation can cause heart and respiratory problems.

UGT denounces “pressure” for people evacuated by the fire to go to work

The union has echoed different messages from affiliates and makes “an appeal to sanity” to employers

In a statement, the union central makes “an appeal to sanity” and asks businessmen to desist from these “pressures” that, according to what they say, affiliates are making them reach through different federations and sectors.

A concentration is called in gratitude to the 43 Group

The Alliance for the Defense of the Spanish People (ADPE) convenes the people of Tenerife at the ferry terminal to thank each other for the work of the seaplanes

It is difficult to enumerate in one list all the teams that have worked and They work on the ground to prevent the flames from continuing to be alive and affecting more hectares of Tenerife. One of them is the 43 Air Force Groupthe unit of Air Force Spanish who works operationally with the Emergency Military Unit. Its function is that of collaborating with the General Directorate of the Natural Environment and Forest Policy in the extinction of forest fires.

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Arrested the alleged author of the stone that disabled one of the firefighting helicopters in Tenerife

The pilot had to make an emergency landing in the Fátima field, in Güímar

The alleged author of the stone that left one of the helicopters fighting the fire in Tenerife inoperative has already been arrested by the Civil Guard. This was reported by the Güímar City Council through a publication on its social networks in which it explains that the suspect has been arrested in that municipality in the South of the Island.

Almost a thousand prisoners are left without water due to the fire and Escolástico Gil points to the State as the culprit

The mayor of El Rosario assures that his municipality has run out of water and that they cannot supply it to the Tenerife II prison, which according to Gil is abandoned by the State

According to Escolástico, “we have another serious problem and a serious controversy arises that we have been demanding for a long time. Right now we do not have water. The Aguamansa channel, which comes to us through Montaña Aire, does not arrive. The southern channel, the water that arrives by Río Portezuelo, it does not arrive. We have the population with water cuts because no water has arrived and, in addition, we have to give water to the Tenerife II prison “.

The festival, which will pay tribute to one of the best decades of Spanish music, will take place on another date yet to be determined

The Candelaria City Council has postponed the Remember Fest 90′ concert, initially scheduled for this Saturday, to September 16, which has been agreed with the promoter of the concert, in solidarity with the troops who fight against the fire and the citizens who remain evicted.

A stone throws a helicopter inoperative

The president of the Cabildo de Tenerife, Rosa Dávila, confirmed the loss of the aircraft, which was attacked while replenishing water in a tank

The president of the Cabildo de Tenerife, Rosa Dávila, confirmed during the press conference to update information that a stone thrown left a helicopter of the Cabildo inoperative.

LAST MINUTE | The first quiet night in the Tenerife fire leaves Güímar as the only critical point

The means of extinction have managed to cool the ground in Izaña and in northern areas, despite having had some reactivation in Tacoronte and Santa Úrsula

The Tenerife fire begins to lose strength after razing a large part of the island. More of 14,000 hectares have been devoured by the power of the flames since Tuesday night the fire began between Arafo and Candelaria in a perimeter greater than 88 kilometers.

Santa Cruz sends 80,000 liters of water to the Izaña Observatory tanks

The capital derives a vat to cover the demand of the penitentiary center, affected by the supply cut

The Santa Cruz de Tenerife City Council has sent five tanks with a total of 80,000 liters of reclaimed water to fill the tanks of the Izaña Observatory, where the helicopters in charge of extinguishing the fire in Tenerife are supplied.

Two arrested for assaulting an evicted house in La Orotava

During the early hours of Monday to Tuesday, the two people were arrested in the Benijo neighborhood

In the municipality of La Orotava, two individuals were arrested during the early hours of Monday to Tuesday, assaulting one of the houses evicted by the fire that has been active for a week. This happened in the Benijo neighborhood, as confirmed by the Councilor for the Environment, Security and Emergency of La Orotava, Narciso Pérez.

Several revivals on a quieter night

The reactivations have occurred in Birmagen, in the municipality of El Rosario, and in various areas of Santa Úrsula. They were suffocated by firefighting teams.

The emergency device hopes to contain the fire on its entire perimeter this Tuesday, although it will not be easy due to its size, since it occupies an area of ​​14,878 hectares in twelve municipalities, with a perimeter of 88.45 kilometers, once readjusted. Throughout the night, a device made up of 381 firefighters worked in different active areas, of which 167 are urban firefighters, in addition to a hundred security personnel.

Dozens of neighbors try to bypass the veto to go to the heights of Candelaria

The mayoress of the Villa, Mari Brito, asks residents to take extreme precautions because “the fire is not controlled”

The mayoress of Candelaria, María Concepción Brito, warns that the fire “is stabilized in the municipality but not controlled”Therefore, “the prohibition to access the mountain is maintained.” Brito released this notice after Last Sunday, several dozen people tried to go up through the access to Barranco Hondo when the veto to go to the upper area was still in forcereported the City Council.

Satellites more than 800 kilometers from Earth and drones monitor the flames

The operation uses the EU’s ‘Copernicus’ system to monitor the evolution of this catastrophe

A constellation of satellites and drones, the first at heights greater than 800 kilometers from Earth, provide data to the emergency operation to face as precisely as possible a fire in Tenerife with devastating characteristics never seen in the history of the Canary Islands.

Unprecedented deployment to evacuate and care for hundreds of animals

The College of Veterinarians coordinates the device with the help of administrations and individuals

The College of Veterinarians of Tenerife, the Cabildo, the town halls and dozens of associations and individuals are leading an unprecedented deployment in the areas affected by the fire to evacuate, shelter and care for hundreds of animals, both farm and livestock as well as companions. Shops, distributors, town halls, companies and individuals, even from outside the Islands, collaborate by selflessly contributing facilities, food and other necessary materials to attend to this emergency.