Two helicopters of 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 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 downloads in the four days that the fire has been active.
In addition to the GES aircraft, a helicopter from the Cabildo de Tenerife also participates in aerial extinction tasks. All of them have carried out water discharges at different points of the surface affected by the flames, work that will continue this Monday.
The fire is stable after a “very spectacular” start. Firefighters managed to contain the fire inside the property, avoiding the risk of the flames spreading outside.
Deployed device
At 2:20 p.m. on January 11, numerous calls alerted 1-1-2 Canarias informing them of the declaration of the fire that had generated a large column of smoke, so an important emergency device was immediately activated from the Coordination Center. extinction, security and emergencies, which continues working at the scene as the fire remains active.
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 Tenerife Firefighters Consortium, which has deployed heavy urban pumps (BUP), urban supply pumps and special rescue units; a helicopter and Environment personnel, as well as the Road Conservation Service of the Cabildo de Tenerife; members of the Local Police, Civil Guard and Civil Protection of the Arona City Council.
Likewise, the Coordinating Center reported the incident to the National Police and the Tenerife South airport and today transferred the security instructions to an educational center in the area.
On the other hand, in the initial moments of the fire, the staff of the Canary Emergency Service (SUC) moved three basic life support ambulances and one medical ambulance to assist a total of seven people, two of whom required transfer to a hospital. hospital center for pathologies of a moderate nature. 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.
