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The forest fire declared between Arafo and Candelaria in Tenerife is out of control, with an affected area of over 1,800 hectares and a perimeter of 22 kilometres.
A rapidly-spreading wildfire that broke out at the centre of the Spanish island of Gran Canaria on Tuesday (25 July) forced the authorities to remove several hundred villagers from their homes, shut three roads and deploy helicopters to contain the blaze. A witness said the flames affecting the hilly central part of the island near […]
Fires have been burning in Rhodes since last week, with temperatures hitting 45°C and the country entering a state of emergency
Firefighters have "stabilised" a wildfire that ravaged 400 hectares of woodland in the centre of the Spanish island of Gran Canaria, local emergency services chief Federico Grillo said on Thursday. Authorities declared the wildfire stable at 0.42 a.m. local time (2342 GMT) after it had forced the evacuation of hundreds of villagers from their homes as well as dozens of children from a camping site near a mountain top. Three roads were closed off while emergency services deployed nine aircraft and 250 firefighters to contain the blaze.
Fire Service spokesman Ioannis Artopios said 12 villages were ordered to be evacuated