Car workshop, Los Canarios, Fuencaliente The fire’s under control at long last. The La Palma blog‘s been going crazy with traffic, as people tried to find out what was happening here. So I started to feel a bit like a lighthouse-keeper — you know, responsible — and on Monday I went out for another look at the fire. The road was open and I got to Fuencaliente. It’s in better…
Yippee! The Fire’s Under Control
The island government has just announced that the fire’s under control. “Under control” isn’t quite the same as “out”. It means the mountainside is still smouldering, and they have to put out the embers before the wind gets up. But with this weather, it really ought to be ok. And apologies of you tried to access this site yesterday evening. The domain providers in the USA had a power cut…
The Damage in Fuencaliente
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,…
La Palma’s still burning
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,…
UPdate: It’s still not out
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…
Fire!
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…