The Kings of Spain, Felipe VI and Letizia Ortiz, chaired this Wednesday, October 24, the act of tribute to 69 heroes who have worked to contain the forest fire of Tenerife, which began last August 15 in the Arafo mountains. One of the most emotional moments was while they were watching a video with images of the Island, while the artists Chago Melián and Fabiola Socas they performed the song ‘I am from the land I live in.’
With this act, presented by the journalist Alexis Hernández, with which the Cabildo and the Government of Canary Islands They wanted to distinguish people and entities that fought the fire, even without extinguishing it.
The president of the insular Corporation, Rosa Dávila; he president of the Canary IslandsFernando Clavijo, and Felipe VI, who closed the speaking session and the simple act, agreed to highlight the coordination between administrations to confront this environmental catastrophe and that The mountains of Tenerife will recover and green will sprout again on the Island.