Firefighters battle smoke and heat to control a major wildfire in Spain’s tourist island of Tenerife
From a different source in Spanish, updated yesterday: eldiario.es/…/tenerife-no-descansa-espera-lluvia-…
It is a sixth generation wildfire never seen before in Canarias, a consequence of climate change: “The island has gone through a very important rainfall deficit and a heatwave without precedents.”
eldiario.es/…/incendio-forestal-tenerife-complica…
The fire has ravaged over 8400 hectares. The fire has reached an extension of 70km long perimeter since last Thursday, and has forced over 12600 people out of their homes.
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