Satellite images show devastating wildfires spreading through Tenerife
As huge fires spread through Tenerife, images have shown the scale of devastation.
Emergency services have worked overnight to tackle blazes and forest fires.
Incidents have been reported on the island of Tenerife, with locals and tourists forced to evacuate.
Satellite images show the spread of fire and smoke over the region.
The Tenerife fire continues out of control: with more than 1,800 hectares affected and 150 people evacuated.
Footage shot at the holiday resort of Las Caletillas on the island’s north-east coast showed the water covered by a layer of ash.
A local who filmed the distressing images said: ‘Here you can appreciate the hell we’re experiencing.
‘The water is literally black from ash in Caletillas.’
Another picture taken from the coastline at Candelaria which Las Caletillas is part of showed a line of ash from the devastating forest fire snaking through the ocean.
The blaze burnt more than 1,800 hectares in just a day after it started in a mountain area between the towns of Candelaria and Arafo late on Tuesday.
Six municipalities on the island are now affected after the blaze entered the area around the town of La Orotova.
There have been no reports of any human casualties but 150 people have already been evacuated from their homes with the number expected to increase while the fire remains out of control.
Two more hydroplanes were this morning due to join the aerial fight against the forest blaze after night-time efforts by 200 firefighters and other officials to bring the fire under control.
‘The fire is powerful and is in a complicated area,’ Canary Islands regional president Fernando Clavijo told a news conference in Tenerife earlier this week.
‘Efforts are focused on preventing the fire from spreading and affecting mainly residential areas close to the coast.’
People in the Candelaria province and surrounding areas are in the closest proximity to the fires.
The villages of Arrate, Chivisaya, Media Montaña, Ajafoña and Las Lagunetas have already been evacuated, and local authorities said further measures would be taken today.
Access to the forest surrounding Spain’s highest peak of Mount Teide, as well as the volcano itself has also been cut off.
Pictures from the area show huge plumes of thick black smoke billowing into the sky from the forest area and spreading across nearby communities.
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