He tenerife fire It is close to being stabilized after nine days of intense fighting against the fire. The early morning of this past Wednesday to Thursday was the first in which the flames they did not earn a square meter, paralyzing for the moment the number of burned hectares at 14,751 along a 90-kilometre perimeter. The fight against the fire continues because, as the Canary Islands Government has explained, reactivations continue to take place at certain points on the ground.
Tenerife lives the first night “without the fire gaining a square meter”
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The extinguishing tasks this Thursday will focus on finishing off the fire in the area of La Hornaca and Montaña El Cerro, in the municipality of Tacoronte, where there are houses very close to the line of fire, Mal Abrigo, in Güímar, where the fire broke out. resists in an abrupt zone, and Barranco Hondo, in Candelaria, with important reactivations.
Satellite images of the 11,000 ha burned in the forest crown
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Source: Copernicus
The fire started at dawn from August 15 to 16 in an area of difficult access between the municipalities of Arafo and Candelaria. The difficulties in extinguishing what has been the most complex fire on the islands in the last 40 years have caused it to spread throughout twelve municipalities on the island, severely affecting to the Izaña area oh the Forest Crownamong other points of the island.
The satellite images offered by the Copernicus program offer a better impression of the effects that the fire has caused on the territory of Tenerife. The images taken two days before the fire show the large amount of vegetation in the area, which ends up being charred after the fire. In between, the smoke spreads along the northern and eastern parts of the island, resulting in worsening air quality.
On the afternoon of this Thursday, the fire is expected to be stabilized, if the reactivation of the fire and the high temperatures allow it. Also, if conditions permit, the relocation of the 231 people who are still evacuated and the opening of access to the Teide National Park and the Parador Nacional will be authorized.
