The Tenerife wildfire that has burned for five days was started intentionally, according to police. An investigation into who started the fire is ongoing.
Although the blaze in the northeast of the island is not near the main tourist areas in the southwest, the regional government ordered the evacuation of a state-run hotel in the Teide volcano national park, in central Tenerife, some 30 miles southwest of the fire zone. It was not immediately clear how many peope were staying at the hotel.
No injuries have yet been reported, and Dávila said that thanks to the firefighters, no houses have been burned so far. Residents try to clean the forest to prevent it from flames as the fire advances in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, on Aug. 19, 2023. Spain’s mainland is bracing for another heat wave starting Sunday that will last until Thursday. Spain’s state weather service said temperatures would gradually rise to hit 104 Fahrenheit in parts of the mainland Wednesday and Thursday.According to the European Forest Fire Information System, Spain heads the list of EU countries affected by wildfires so far this year, with 185,000 acres burned, ahead of Italy and Greece.
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