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Gran Canaria Wildfire Triggers Evacuation Of Thousands Of People !!
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Gran Canaria wildfire triggers evacuation of thousands of people!!
Firefighters on Spanish island say blaze is out of control and spreading on several fronts...
About 9,000 people have been evacuated from their homes on Gran Canaria in Spain’s Canary Islands, where firefighters are battling a wildfire that has burned more than 23 square miles of land...
More than 700 firefighters supported by 11 helicopters and five aeroplanes are struggling to contain the fire, which began on Saturday near the town of Tejeda and is advancing on several fronts, propelled by a combination of high temperatures, strong winds and low humidity...
The head of the Canary Islands government, Ángel Víctor Torres, described the blaze as voracious and an environmental disaster, and said it had been “neither contained nor controlled”...
Link to Source >>> [link to www.theguardian.com (secure)]
The video of the wildfire, Spain, Gran Canaria >>>
[link to youtu.be (secure)]
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