SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Oct. 4 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The reactivation of the Tenerife forest fire in the upper area of the municipalities of Santa Úrsula and La Orotava remains at level 1 for now, therefore, under the management of the Cabildo, and with some 2,600 people evacuated as a precaution, according to the latest readjustment of the insular corporation, with 2,400 people in La Corujera and 200 in Pino Alto.
However, the Minister of Territorial Policy and head of Emergencies of the Government of the Canary Islands, Manuel Miranda, has been in contact with the president of the Cabildo, Rosa Dávila, to inquire about the evolution of the fire and make all the information available to the island corporation. resources available from the Government of the Canary Islands.
Up to this moment, from the General Directorate of Emergencies, and through the operational rooms of 1-1-2, the activation of troops and two helicopters from the Forest Fire Intervention and Reinforcement Teams (EIRIF) of the* Government of the Canary Islands based in La Palma.
In addition, four helicopters from the Ministry of Ecological Transition, two of them with heliborne brigades of the BRIF of Puntagorda, assigned to the service of the Autonomous Community, and a helicopter from the Emergency and Rescue Group (GES) have joined the rest of the aerial device and land deployed by the different town councils, the Cabildo and the State.
However, if necessary, other resources that the Cabildo may request would be mobilized, the Government reports in a note.
The Cabildo considers the La Corujera and Pino Alto outbreaks stabilized and will analyze at the end of the day whether the evacuees can return to their homes, always taking safety into account.
