FIRE UPDATE: 2,600 people are evacuated because of the new fires

The reactivation of the forest fire in the upper area of ​​the municipalities of Santa Úrsula and La Orotava in Tenerife, has forced 2,600 people to be evacuated preventively from their homes this afternoon (Wednesday), sources from the Cabildo de Tenerife have informed Europa Press.

Specifically, there has been 2,400 people from the La Corujera neighbourhood, of Santa Úrsula, and another 200 from Pino Alto, in La Orotava, whose City Council has set up the Quiquirá pavilion for those affected to stay in overnight on camp beds.

Two helicopters from the Cabildo, two from the central Government, and two helicopters from EIRIF of La Palma, belonging to the Government of the Canary Islands, are working in the area, and ground personnel and resources from the Forestry Brigades of the Cabildo (BRIFOR) and of the Tenerife Firefighters Consortium have all been dispatched to help.

The Cabildo has stated, however, that the La Corujera and Pino Alto outbreaks are already stabilized and that the columns of smoke are very striking as the brambles and heather burn very easily, so people are asked not to access the mountain in these areas and follow the instructions of the authorities accordingly.