The media have managed to stabilize the fire declared this Wednesday in The lagoon and that extended towards La Esperanza. The efforts of the firefighting media focused their efforts so that the flames did not exceed the Agua García highway, the TF-226, and spread to a forest area with dense vegetation.
The mayor of El Rosario, Escolástico Gil, advanced that the fire managed to stabilize before it exceeded the TF-226 barrier. “We have saved the situation,” Gil celebrated.
The mayor of La Laguna, Luis Yeray Gutiérrez, explained that the wind hampered the work of the firefighting services due to the “changing” gusts that rekindle the flames that at times seemed extinguished.
As for the evicted people, around 25, which have been sent to the municipal sports center, the councilor of El Rosario has said that it has been done as a precaution and at the request of the technicians of the Cabildo de Tenerife, which has declared fire alert level 1.
The mayor of La Laguna has transmitted “a message of calm” and has relied on the “good work” of the media deployed in the area.
