Up to three outbreaks of forest firess they had to suffocate throughout the day yesterday, Sunday, the firefighting troops of the Forest Brigades of the Cabildo de Tenerife (Brifor)in a day that was characterized by the high temperatures that hit the Island, with the Canary Archipelago in orange warning –important risk– in the east, south and west of Gran Canaria, and yellow in the rest of the Islands.
The first of these attempts in Tenerife was declared in the area known as the Camino de Los Chamuscos, in the municipality of El Rosario, that was controlled, as reported by the Cabildo de Tenerife through its Twitter account, at around 02:18. The fire affected an area of pastures and prickly pears.
In the early hours of yesterday morning, a new notice forced the Brifor troops to be activated again. On this occasion, the area that was being affected by the fire was located San José de Los Llanos, in the Tenerife municipality of El Tanque. The fire, which originated in the place known as Los Partidos de Franquis and affected scrub and tagasaste, in an area of 50 square meters. Brifor resources managed to control this second outbreak of forest fire around 08:54.
The last of the attempts was declared in the El Roque area, within the municipality of San Miguel de Abona. The fire, which had started shortly after 5:00 p.m., affected an area of around 25 square meters of stubble, as well as a palm tree.
Finally, the emergency resources were able to declare this attack as controlled a few minutes after 6:00 p.m. Firefighters and local police officers collaborated in the extinction work.
Stabilization
The forest fire in Bejís (Castellón) was yesterday “in the process of stabilization“, for which the return to their homes of the residents of the municipalities that were still evicted was authorized. Emergencies of the Generalitat asked the population not to go to “take photos” in the burned areas of the forest fires of Bejís and Vall d’Ebo (Alicante) because “it is reckless.”
