The progress of the fire that has ravaged since Saturday the Spanish island of Gran Canaria has slowed overnight on Monday to Tuesday thanks to the decrease in wind, announced Tuesday morning local authorities. "According to the technicians who visited the area that night, the fire is slowing down [...] and losing power," said Canary Island President Angel Victor Torres in a tweet.
"By chance, the wind has fallen. [...] Therefore, the night went very well, contrary to what we expected," said Antonio Morales, an official from Gran Canaria. , on the radio Cadena Ser. "The impact on the Tamadaba Nature Park", a pine forest among the wildest areas of Gran Canaria, "was less than originally feared (fire) did not reach the Nature Reserve Inagua [...] This was mostly a low intensity light fire "in the park, he said.
10,000 hectares of fires
According to Antonio Morales, some of the thousands of evacuees could be allowed to return to their homes if this improvement in conditions continues. On Monday, the authorities announced that about 10,000 hectares were affected by the fire that broke out Saturday in the mountainous center of the island off the coast of Morocco.
A thousand firefighters and agents are mobilized in the field, as well as about fifteen aircraft. This fire is the third in ten days to touch the island of Gran Canaria.