SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Aug. 17 (EUROPA PRESS) –
A total of 109 soldiers and 34 members of the Military Emergency Unit (UME) have been participating since Wednesday in the tasks of extinguishing the forest fire that began in the mountains of the municipality of Arafo, on the island of Tenerife, but which is already affecting several localities of the insular territory.
The UME soldiers deployed on the island of Tenerife have been working during the early hours of this Thursday in the northeast area of the forest fire that affects more than 1,800 hectares in a perimeter of about 22 kilometers, as reported by the Ministry of Defense.
The work is being focused, by the troops of the UME, on carrying out tasks of direct attack on the flames with autobombs, as well as monitoring the front of the fire through the flight of drones.
