{"id":234154,"date":"2019-08-20T06:59:39","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T04:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelreport.se\/?p=234154"},"modified":"2024-02-02T12:23:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T12:23:28","slug":"the-forest-fire-in-gran-canaria-continues-to-rage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelreport.se\/en\/skogsbranden-pa-gran-canaria-rasar-vidare\/","title":{"rendered":"The forest fire on Gran Canaria continues to rage."},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The fire is spreading southwards towards new areas.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The violent forest fire on Gran Canaria continues to spread. Over 9,000 people have been evacuated and at least 10,000 hectares of land have been destroyed by the flames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 It is an environmental tragedy, says President \u00c1ngel V\u00edctor Torres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fire, which broke out on Saturday, is being fuelled by high temperatures, strong winds and low humidity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several villages in the mountains southwest of the island's capital, Las Palmas, have been evacuated. A total of over 1,000 firefighters are battling the flames with the support of 14 water-bombing helicopters and planes, reports<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.afp.com\/en\/news\/826\/environmental-tragedy-canary-islands-fire-out-control-doc-1jm4sp4\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0The AFP news agency<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along the fire's north-western front, there are reports of 50-metre-high flames making both ground firefighting and water bombing too dangerous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201dWe can't go in\u201d<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fire has entered Inagua National Park and the Tamadaba pine forest area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 Tamadaba has been lost, we cannot enter, said rescue chief Carlos Velazquez to journalists, writes AFP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 Only when the weather conditions change can we start to gain control of the fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the northern fire area, the situation has stabilised and some of the people who were forced to flee may be able to return home on Tuesday, reports&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canarias7.es\/siete-islas\/gran-canaria\/el-incendio-afecta-a-un-area-de-10-000-hectareas-NL7793807\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the news website Canarias 7<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the strong winds have changed and the fire is spreading south, where it threatens the municipalities of La Aldea, Mog\u00e1n and San Bartolom\u00e9 de Tirajana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 It's an enormous forest fire, extremely serious, in the middle of a heatwave, says \u00c1ngel V\u00edctor Torres, president of the Canary Islands, according to AFP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No one injured<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the fire makes it impossible for tourists to visit the scenic mountains and valleys in the central parts of Gran Canaria, tourist life continues much as usual along the coasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No persons have been reported injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: aftonbladet.se<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elden sprider sig s\u00f6derut mot nya omr\u00e5den Den v\u00e5ldsamma skogsbranden p\u00e5 Gran Canaria forts\u00e4tter att sprida sig. \u00d6ver 9 000 personer har evakuerats och minst 10 000 hektar mark har f\u00f6rst\u00f6rts av elden. \u2013 Det \u00e4r en milj\u00f6m\u00e4ssig tragedi, s\u00e4ger president \u00c1ngel V\u00edctor Torres. Branden, som br\u00f6t ut i l\u00f6rdags, drivs p\u00e5 av h\u00f6ga temperaturer, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[184],"tags":[1004,1097],"class_list":["post-234154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-turism","tag-brand","tag-gran-canaria"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Skogsbranden p\u00e5 Gran Canaria rasar vidare &#8211; Travel Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Skogsbranden p\u00e5 Gran Canaria rasar vidare \u2013 L\u00e4s senaste nyheterna fr\u00e5n resebranschen p\u00e5 Travel Report.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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