The Government Council of the Canary Islands has agreed this Monday to “urgently” commission the preparation of a report to assess the economic and environmental damage of the Tenerife forest fire, which is already stabilized and has dropped to level 1, after burning almost 15,000 hectares in twelve municipalities.
The fire in Tenerife goes to level 1 and remains in the hands of the Cabildo
Further
This has been advanced by the spokesman for the Executive, Alfonso Cabello, in the subsequent press conference to report on the Council’s agreements, in which he has indicated that the objective is to work in an “agile” manner once the declaration of disaster area by the central government.
Cabello has also said that a working group is going to be convened, through the Ministry of Ecological Transition, to reach a “consensus” around a future forestry law for the Canary Islands that will allow “looking at the mountain not as an emergency but working in a coordinated manner.
Likewise, he has said that a “collaboration” has begun between the areas of Ecological Transition and Employment to launch an “innovative” employment plan to work in areas close to the mountains and in the midlands in order to make more “efficient ” conservation work in interface zones.
Cabello has also indicated that a report has been requested from the committee of experts on climate change about the increase in fires and their power given that “there will be more” in the future and they will have to be faced “in a determined manner.”
Reactivations
During this weekend several outbreaks have been reactivated in different parts of the island, specifically in La Hornaca (Tacoronte) and in Santa Úrsula, where the six houses that were evicted this Sunday will continue to be evicted for 24 more hours as a precaution, he pointed out. the president of the Cabildo de Tenerife, Rosa Dávila.
Despite the “de-escalation” of media since the fire was considered stabilized, seven aerial media and the ground operation of the Government of the Canary Islands and the Cabildo de Tenerife continue to work in the area. “Taking the fire under control could be brought forward with the arrival of the trade winds and the increase in humidity,” said the head of the forestry service of the Cabildo de Tenerife, Pedro Martínez.
For his part, Dávila has advanced that on Monday afternoon the safety conditions of the roads that give access to the Teide National Park will be evaluated, all closed except for the southern one, both for the means of extinction and for users, and the level of fire risk in the unaffected municipalities will be lowered.
On the other hand, in the municipalities affected by the fire, the current restrictions will be maintained, the main one, the prohibition to access the mountain.
