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About 250 firefighters in the Canary Islands are working to control the blaze that has ignited in Tenerife. Roads have been blocked, and several villages have been evacuated.
Helicopters spraying water battle to contain fires that began at a nature reserve on Tuesday.
Spain is one of the European countries to have been massively struck by the heatwave.
The blaze broke out in a mountainous national park on the Spanish island on Wednesday and spread to 4,450 acres in 24 hours as firefighters struggled to contain the blaze amid difficult terrain conditions.
Smoke billowed from a wildfire that broke out in a mountainous national park on the Spanish island of Tenerife. Firefighters struggled to contain the blaze given the difficult terrain. Footage shared by Spain’s Guardia Civil showed smoke rising from forested areas, as well as flames on a roadside of the popular tourist island. The fire’s perimeter expanded across dry woodland covering both flanks of steep ravines near the Mount Teide volcano - Spain’s highest peak - hampering access to the area.