head Canary IslandsFernando Clavijo valued the development of the world tonight. A forest fire recorded at dawn this Saturday in the El Pinar area in the municipality of Puntagorda, Palmand did call for citizen cooperation to cooperate in evacuation missions Always follow the official channels’ announcements in the areas indicated by the fire direction.
Total during the day 11 air sourcesAmong them was a FOCA seaplane, which arrived from Malaga this afternoon and was able to make the first landings in the affected areas. Currently, a second FOCA seaplane is taking off, which will arrive at Gando airbase this morning and join the fighting tomorrow.
Until now A total of 4,255 people were evacuated from the municipalities of Tijarafe and Puntagorda, according to the census, and currently, more than a hundred people are protected, most of them in the municipal pavilion of Los Llanos and with the help of the Red Cross. The areas that have been evacuated so far are the upper part of LP-1 from Fayal area to the Time Tower, the lower part of LP-1 from Fayal to Barranco de Jurado, including the towns of Tijarafe, Hacienda del Cura, Roque de Los Muchachos facilities and the municipality of Puntagorda. The affected area according to the NASA satellite perimeter is 4675 hectares.
A device of 400 soldiers
President of the Canary Islands, In the afternoon the development of the fire slowed down and was still out of control.. In this context, drawing attention to the work of the device consisting of 400 soldiers who have been on duty since the early hours of Saturday morning to extinguish the fire, Gül emphasized that the meteorological situation is positive at the moment due to the decrease in temperatures and increase in air temperature. Humidity has not been met for now since the wind forecasts. But throughout the night, ground media will continue to work on firefighting missions.