Around 250 firefighters are battling a wildfire raging "out of control" on Spain's holiday island of Tenerife that forced road closures and the evacuation of five villages, according to officials.
The fire, which broke out last night, was raging through a forested area with steep ravines in the northeastern part of the island, part of the Canary Islands archipelago off northwestern Africa.
"The fire is out of control, the scenario is not exactly very positive," the head of the regional government, Fernando Clavijo, said at a news conference in Tenerife.
https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/0816/1400153-tenerife-wildfire/
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