3,000 people evacuated due to a forest fire on the Spanish island of Tenerife, and temperatures are the reason

Written By طقس العرب on 2023/10/05

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<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Arab Weather - About 3,000 people were forced to leave their homes after fires broke out in the forests of the Spanish island of Tenerife on Wednesday.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> That fire was concentrated in the regions of Santa Úrsula and La Orotava in the mountainous region northeast of the Canary Islands, far from the main tourist areas southwest of Tenerife.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> It is worth noting that the same area was exposed to one of the most severe and worst fires in decades in August, when 35,000 acres of pine forests and jungles burned, and nearly 12,000 people were evacuated for several weeks.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Although the fires were under control, they were not completely extinguished until now, and small fires continued to break out periodically in the same area due to winds and high temperatures. According to the Canary Islands government, approximately 120 personnel, including soldiers and firefighters, are working to extinguish the fires until now. The area affected by the fires is estimated at 170 acres.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Temperatures and their association with fires in Spain</strong></h3><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%AD%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84... change reaches record temperatures in Spain</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The island of Tenerife, like other regions in Spain, has been experiencing severe drought for many years and unusually high temperatures until now. This island is one of the seven Canary Islands located off the northwestern coast of Africa and southwest of mainland Spain.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><hr /><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Sources: <a href="https://arabic.rt.com/world/1500765-%D8%A5%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A1-3000-...

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