Burnt House in Fuencaliente, La Palma My first impression of Los Canarios, the main village in Fuencaliente, is that it’s a heck of a lot better than I expected. The fire damage is very fluky, presumably because the fire moved so fast and the gusts of wind kept changing direction. As you can see, sometimes a house got burnt out completely, and its neighbours untouched, or the top floor burned,…
Helicopter dropping water on the fire at Tigalate, on La Palma The fire on La Palma is still burning, but it’s a lot smaller, and a lot farther up the mountain and away from houses. Hopefully, now that all the helicopters and both planes are dumping water on the same place, it’ll be sorted out soon. Smouldering forest, Mazo, La Palma Meanwhile there are acres and acres of smouldering forest,…
I’ve just caught the local news. They was no mention of the fire on the west side, and I’m really hoping that no news is good news. The fire on the east side is still burning, still near Tigalate, but they hope to have it under control this morning. Certainly the weather’s much better, and if all 500 fire fighters are working on one fire, it should really help. The…
I finished the dratted translation on Friday lunchtime, and went to pick up my son. He’d had a good time, although he was rather sunburned and keen to get home. I scarcely had time to get the washing machine on before I heard that my niece was over from Tenerife, and she’d brought my great nephew with her. So tired or not, I went to the family party, where I…
Here in Breña Baja, it’s now 25ºC with a light breeze and the sky is cloudy. It’s hard to be sure, but it looks like all cloud and little or no smoke. The local TV channels are showing soap operas again, instead of continuous news. I just saw the two amphibious planes leaving the airport, and they seemed to be heading over the ridge towards the west of the island….
Hallelujah, the wind’s dropped! The temperatures have dropped too, although it’s still hot. We now have 500 firemen fighting this fire, but the losses are mounting. Up to 2,000 hectares — including 90% of Fuencaliente — and a dozen houses have burnt. Worse, a man from Fuencaliente has died of a heart attack. One of the three fires is out. The second, in the east side of the island moved…