The fire has been raging out of control for the past five days, forcing the evacuation of more than 12,000 people on the Spanish island.
abc.net.au/news/tenerife-fire-was-started-deliberately-authorities-say/102753252Canary Islands regional president Fernando Clavijo has confirmed that a wildfire raging on the Spanish tourist island of Tenerife was started deliberately, citing police.
"The night was very difficult but thanks to the work of the firefighters, the results have been very positive," Tenerife governor Rosa Dávila said at a news conference. The islands' emergency services said on Sunday that 11,600 hectares of pine forest and scrubland had been burned. More than 400 firefighters and soldiers have been deployed, as well as 23 water-carrying helicopters and planes.
As the fire spread down the mountainside towards the town of La Matanza de Acentejo, farmer Candelaria Bencomo Betancor looked on in anguish.
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