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GES helicopters discharge more than 182,000 liters of water in the Tenerife fire

January 15, 2024
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Two helicopters from the Emergency and Rescue Group (GES) of the Government of the Canary Islands have intervened, since last Thursday afternoon, in the extinguishing device of the fire declared in a composting plant located in the Parque La Reina area, in the municipality of Arona, in Tenerife, in which They have discharged 182,400 liters of water until sundown on Sunday. This means that the two GES helicopters have carried out a total of 152 discharges in the four days that the fire has been active.

In addition to the GES aircraft, a helicopter from the GES also participates in aerial extinction tasks. Tenerife Council. All of them have carried out water discharges at different points of the surface affected by the flames, work that will continue this Monday.

Deployed device

At 2:20 p.m. on January 11, numerous calls alerted 1-1-2 Canary Islands informing of the declaration of the fire that had generated a large column of smoke, Therefore, an important extinguishing, security and emergency device was immediately activated from the Coordinating Center, which continues to work at the scene since the fire remains active.

GES helicopters discharge more than 182,000 liters of water into the Tenerife fire. LP/DLP


In addition to the helicopters of the Emergency and Rescue Group of the Government of the Canary Islands (GES) and its ground personnel, this device has intervened; the Firefighters Consortium Tenerife, which has displaced heavy urban bombs (BUP), urban nurse pumps and special rescue units; a helicopter and Environment personneljust like him Road Maintenance Service of the Cabildo de Tenerife; local police officers, Civil Guard and Civil Protection of the Arona City Council.

GES helicopters discharge more than 182,000 liters of water into the Tenerife fire. LP/DLP


Likewise, the Coordinating Center reported the incident to the National Police and to Tenerife South airport and has today transferred the security instructions to an educational center in the area.

The fire at the Arona composting plant affects 3,500 hectares and 100,000 tons of plant material

The fire at the Arona composting plant affects 3,500 hectares and 100,000 tons of plant material

On the other hand, in the initial moments of the fire, the personnel of the Canary Emergency Service (SUC) deployed three basic life support ambulances and one medical ambulance to assist a total of seven people, two of whom required transfer to a hospital due to moderate pathologies. The first of those evacuated was a 61-year-old man who had health problems and the second, a 43-year-old firefighter with an eye injury.



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