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TENERIFE, CANARY ISLANDS, Spain, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Thousands more people were evacuated from their homes on the Spanish island of Tenerife on Saturday as
Some 26,000 people in total have had to evacuate their homes in Tenerife as a gigantic forest fire continues to rage. Strong gusts of wind and higher than expected temperatures facilitated during the night from Friday to Saturday the spread of the fire. This is the "most complicated" fire of the last four decades for the Canary archipelago, say the authorities. Nearly 76,000 hectares have burned in this country, on the front line of global warming, according to the European Forest Fire Information System.
TENERIFE, Canary Islands, Spain (Reuters) -Thousands more people were evacuated from their homes on the Spanish island of Tenerife on Saturday as a wildfire raging in the north of the island remained out of control, but the flames have so far avoided major tourist areas. The Canary Islands emergency services said more than 26,000 people had been evacuated by Saturday afternoon, according to provisional estimates, a sharp rise from 4,500 on Friday. Fierce flames lit up the night sky overnight, an
La Orotava, Spain: Stronger winds and higher overnight temperatures caused a vast wildfire raging out of control in Tenerife to spread, prompting more...
Stronger winds and higher overnight temperatures caused a vast wildfire raging out of control in Tenerife to spread, prompting more residents to flee their homes in the northern sector of the Spanish holiday island, officials said yesterday.