MADRID, 22 Aug. (EDITIONS) –
The forest fire that affects the island of Tenerife since August 15 has been active for a week and has affected 14,624 hectares in a perimeter of 88 kilometers along 12 municipalities.
The fire resists in the area of Malabrigo, in the municipality of Guimar (Tenerife), where this Tuesday the work of specialized troops will be concentrated due to the complexity of the area, although it is beginning to “see the light at the end of the tunnel.”
This was stated by the Minister of Territorial Policy, Territorial Cohesion and Water of the Government of the Canary Islands, Manuel Miranda, at the press conference after evaluating the night’s work and focusing on the objectives of this seventh day of fighting a fire, which after a readjustment, affects 14,624 hectares in a perimeter of 88 kilometers –37% of the condition is in La Orotava– throughout 12 municipalities.
At the moment there are 1,540 people rehoused in their homes and 896 in shelters with 292 animals. In addition, there are some 12,000 people still evacuated.
Román has also influenced that the air quality is very unfavorable due to coarse particles, but “very very unfavorable” in certain areas such as Los Realejos due to fine particles, for which reason it has invited self-protection measures to prevent any affectation.
The next map shows the area affected by the fire and the active sources according to the latest Copernicus data published on the morning of August 22.
