The Kings of Spain, Felipe VI and Letizia Ortiz, chaired this Wednesday, October 24, the act of tribute to 69 heroes who have worked to contain the forest fire of Tenerife, which began last August 15 in the Arafo mountains.
An act, presented by the journalist Alexis Hernández, with which the Cabildo and the Government of Canary Islands They wanted to distinguish people and entities that fought the fire, even without extinguishing it.
The president of the insular Corporation, Rosa Davila; he president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijoand Felipe VI, who closed the speaking session and the simple act, agreed to highlight the coordination between administrations to confront this environmental catastrophe and that The mountains of Tenerife will recover and green will sprout again on the Island.
Neighbors of the 12 affected municipalities gave the honorees a souvenir made by the blacksmith Moisés Afonso which symbolizes the relationship between the Canary Islands and Tenerife with their forests through their wood, tea wood.
One of the moments of maximum emotion was when the artists Chago Melián and Fabiola Socas performed the song ‘I am from the land in which I live’, while a video was played with images of the heart of Tenerife. Simply amazing.
There were two other videos that aroused applause from those who filled the Chamber Room of the Tenerife Auditorium. One to highlight the unit of the canaries through the professionals who came to help from other islands; and another, with the very heartfelt first-person testimonies from those affected by the fire.
