Due to the smoke from the forest fires in Tenerife, people are forced to evacuate their homes and move to other areas. A resident of the island of Marina said about this “socialbites.ca”. He noted that the island services were not able to extinguish the fire on their own because their planes were “none”, so they were waiting for help from the mainland.
“The evacuations are exactly in the tourist areas (not Las Americas and Los Gigantes). But in other parts the problem was that there was smoke in the air. People go/move to other places just for this reason. It was announced that the evacuation was prepared only in the area around the reserves and in the area of Puerto de la Cruz today. But everyone believes that help will come from the mainland. It runs but slowly. Well, everyone remembered that 10 years ago the Russians helped put out the fire. This year they are coping on their own and everything is tough so far. Help started arriving just a few days ago. And fire since Tuesday. Big planes await. Those who go out now, planes about nothing. They can’t even go down.”
Maria, another Tenerife resident, stated in an interview with socialbites.ca that the fire broke out in the north of the island. The woman said that the police called every house and requested eviction and that those who had no place to go were placed in temporary places.
“There was a fire in the north of the island. Evacuate people from areas close to the fire. Nobody leaves the island because of the fire. Many of them have relatives elsewhere on the island, they go to them. Places were allocated for the accommodation of those who had no one to go to. The police want to go and go, they steal houses and apartments. An SMS is sent to the phones with the names of the areas that need to be evacuated and the addresses where you can stay temporarily. SMS is special, accompanied by a loud signal, this should not be missed. The sound does not stop until you press the button where you see the message. I know they were strongly urged to leave. But I don’t know if they will be forced out of the house,” he said.
Andrey, a resident of the island, emphasized that the fire “did not affect a single residential building” and that there was no panic among the people.
Canary Islands rescue service on Saturday reportedAccording to preliminary estimates, it is stated that the number of people evacuated due to the forest fire on the Spanish island of Tenerife may exceed 26 thousand people. According to the authorities, the area of the fire is 5 thousand hectares.
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