Big fire in Canary's Island this summer 2019

In the middle of the summer of 2019, it was a serious fire that broke out on the island of Gran Canaria (Gran Canaria).

It is in the center of the main and tourist island of the Canaries that the fire spreads. Important means again this Monday, August 12, 2019 are deployed on site with including 500 firefighters, helicopters and airplane to contain the fire that has ravaged more than 1000 hectares so far.

More than a thousand people have been evacuated on the island of Gran Canaria in an area where mass tourism is not yet present.

Where is this big fire in Canary's Island

The villages of Artenara and Tejeda are the most affected with many evacuated homes. The place is steep on the road to Pico de las Nieves and difficult to reach.

On Monday morning there are no casualties, only a few people inconvenienced by the thick smoke that are being treated at local health centers.

The wind make difficult the stop of this fire

The most complicated for firefighters on the spot in the Canaries are the strong gusts of winds that sweep the Canary Islands in this month of August. Windspeeds between 75 km / h and 90 km / h have been recorded which constantly revives the fire and does not extinguish it completely.

During the afternoon of Monday, August 12 the fire is not yet under control by the fire brigade of the Canary Islands but it does not progress anymore.