And we now have a fire-fighting unit from Seville come to help. We need them. The “controlled” part of the fire on the east side of the island has apparently revived, and more people have been evacuated from Montes de la Luna. I think the lava flow in the foreground must be the one they’re hoping to use as a natural fire break.
The fire started at Tigalate, and the main area of concern is currently between Santa Cecilia and Jeday Well I got one thing wrong in the last post. There was a light breeze here, but up on the ridge where they were fighting the fire, it was blowing a gale up to 65 km/h – exactly the worst sort of weather for fire-fighting. However, I was right that the Princess…
A forest fire is blazing in the south of La Palma, on the boarders of Mazo and Fuencaliente. It started at 11 pm on Friday at Puente Roto. So far, nobody knows for certain what caused it, but the rumour is is that it was fireworks. We’ve had hot weather caused by wind coming from the Sahara (calima) for weeks, and the hillsides are dry as a tinder box. It…