More than 4,200 people have been evacuated from their homes because of a huge forest fire that broke out early on Saturday on the Spanish island of La Palma, in the Canary Islands.
The flames broke out in the Puntagorda area and have already consumed some 4,650 hectares, according to the Spanish radio station Onda Cero, which quotes statements by the president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, at a press conference.
Fernando Clavijo added that more than a hundred operatives were on the ground during the night, and that eleven aerial vehicles joined the shooting this morning.
86 military #BIEM2 depart aboard an A-400 of the @EjercitoAire from the Morón Air Base, heading to #The Palmto strengthen the device @UMEgob who intervenes in it #IFPUntagorda pic.twitter.com/CkBxNQdr9E
-UME (@UMEgob) July 16, 2023
The municipalities of Tijarafa and Puntagorda are the most affected, with 4,255 people evacuated, two hundred of whom had to take refuge in a municipal pavilion and be assisted by the Red Cross.
Source: TSF
