NNA – The government of the Canary Islands announced that the forest fires have spread to 5,000 hectares on the island of Tenerife, according tonbsp;quot;Novostiquot; news agency.
quot;The forest fire in Tenerife has an area of 5 thousand hectares, with a circumference of 50 kilometers, and the fire affected 10 municipalities,quot; said a statement issued by Prime Minister Fernando Clavejo today, Saturday. He stressed that quot;the fire has not been brought under control yet.quot;
Local media reported on Friday that the fire area exceeded 3.2 thousand hectares.
The authorities said that quot;17 private planes and helicopters are participating in extinguishing the fire, which is the largest in 40 years.quot;
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