The firefighters continued to fight Monday against a fire affecting 1,500 hectares since Saturday on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria, which they hope to gradually control.
"We expect that during today's day (Monday), we can gradually control the still active front, the head of the fire," said Angel Victor Torres, president of the Canary Islands, archipelago Spanish in the Atlantic Ocean, off the African coast. "This will be an important job because we are fighting against the adversity of the wind and the lack of water and rain," he added during a press conference broadcast on Spanish public television. .
No injuries
The fire, which occurred Saturday in the municipality of Artenara, inside this volcanic island, resulted in the evacuation of a thousand people and threatened one of the most picturesque Spanish villages, Tejeda. "The best news right now is that there is no personal damage," said Angel Victor Torres, in the absence of injuries. He regretted that the island suffered from "human imprudence". The Civil Guard on Saturday arrested the alleged perpetrator of the fire, he would have caused using a welding device.
On the ground, 250 people remained mobilized, with a relief system, said a spokesman of the emergency services of the Canaries. Thirteen planes and helicopters were working on a front of five kilometers, constituting the "head of fire", according to the same source.