Nearly 8,000 people have been evacuated or forced to stay indoors as a result of the blaze.
Firefighters battled overnight to try to bring under control the worst wildfire in decades on the Spanish Canary Island of Tenerife, officials said on Friday.
Army captain Rafael San Jose told Spanish National Television that some progress had been made overnight in stopping the fire’s spread but that rising temperatures during the day would increase difficulties. The flames advance through the forest near the town of El Rosario with the wildfire’s perimeter measuring 25 miles Nearly 300 firefighters and Spanish army soldiers are in the area, which is around 20 kilometres away from its main town, Santa Cruz.Its tourism office has stressed that the most popular tourist areas are far from the fire.
He said the combination of extreme temperatures and the fire had turned the area into a virtual oven.
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