The hydrocarbon spill forces the Almáciga beach and all those of Candelaria to close again

Last Monday, August 30, the Santa Cruz de Tenerife City Council ordered the closure of Almáciga beach, after users and members of the Red Cross detected hydrocarbons in the water and in the sand. The next day, the Consistory followed the same steps on the beach of Roque de las Bodegas, in Anaga. Precisely, on the same Tuesday, early in the afternoon, the local government again issued a statement in which it reported that the seals had been removed after verifying that There were no longer any hydrocarbons on the first closed beach, that of Almáciga. He also assured that the Municipal Operational Coordination Center would continue to monitor the state of the coastline.

Hours later, it was announced the closure of a third beach in Tenerife due to the same type of pollution. In this case, the coastline of Puertito de Güímar. Initially, the closure affected the area of ​​El Cabezo A, known as the “L”, but the evolution of the spill forced the measure to be extended to the entire coastline.

The Candelaria City Council, for its part, reported this Wednesday about the closure of all the beaches in the municipality as a preventive measure after detecting the presence of this substance in the water, of which the origin is unknown.

The mayor of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, José Manuel Bermúdez, has asked the Government of the Canary Islands and the State Administration in Tenerife, Coasts, Maritime Captaincy and Port Authority to urgently investigate the origin of the rests of hydrocarbons found on these three beaches.