Fernando Clavijo demands that the fire campaign be active all year round. The President of the Government of the Canary Islands considers that this measure is justified by the increase in temperatures caused by climate change, an increase in heat that advises that the operation of intervention means against forest fires is not limited to the summer months as until now. now.
The regional president advanced this request yesterday to the General Administration of the State after the meeting with the highest representatives of the Cabildo of Tenerife to share the work carried out to alleviate the damage caused by the fire of August 2023. The regional vice president and Minister of Economy, Manuel Domínguez, and the vice president of the island corporation, Lope Afonso.
The report commissioned by the Executive was presented to the media, which estimates the economic damage of the fire that affected almost 14,000 hectares of surface (5,100 of forest mass) in 12 municipalities at 177 million euros; mainly, La Orotava (34.9%), Candelaria (12.9%) and Arafo (12.3%). 36% of the total perimeter surface was burned.
