A heatwave last week left many areas tinderbox dry, creating ideal wildfires conditions, and temperatures are forecast to climb again in the coming days.
Waterbombing planes have managed to stabilise the fire south of Mount Teide, Spain's highest peak, but it remained out of control on the northern flank."When you go outside you start suffocating. It's as if you have something stuck in your throat," said Alba Gil, 37, who lives in the village of La Esperanza.Elianna Diaz with her daughter and their horse in El Rosario
More than 3,800 people have been told to stay at home due to poor air quality, said civil protection chief Montse Roman, and more evacuations could follow. Access to the mountains has been shut off, but the island's two airports were said to be operating normally. Seventeen aircraft and about 350 firefighters and military personnel are involved in the firefighting effort so far.Smoke near a forest at El Rosario"We are watching the big mountain and the blaze, we saw this firewall and we'll see if they can control it, the situation seems pretty bad," said local resident Celestino Suarez, 53.
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