The president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, has announced tonight (Thursday) that the forest fire in Tenerife is ‘stabilized’, saying in a press conference: "After 48 hours without the fire spreading or increasing in size, the technicians have told us that we can consider it to be stabilized".
However, he has warned that "probably" over the next few days it may reignite due to the high temperatures but added that there are firefighting resources deployed that, if this happens, would act "immediately and forcefully to put it out”.
Clavijo shared this "magnificent news", with a further announcement that the latest evacuations due to the fire are over and that everyone can now return to their homes. He did remind people that there are certain areas that have bad air quality due to the smoke, and for them to follow health guidelines such as using FFP2 face masks when going outside.
The president of the Tenerife Cabildo, Rosa Dávila, once again appealed for "caution" and "responsibility" from the public saying: "Although the fire is stabilised, is not yet controlled. There are active warnings for high temperatures, so we must all be very attentive as hotspots may reignite and roadblocks are still in place".
The fire in Tenerife has been stabilized nine days after it started and has affected an area of 14,624 hectares in a perimeter of 88 kilometres, figures that make it the largest forest fire registered so far this year in all of Spain.
