“Both Dámaso Arencibia, mayor of Valleseco where the fire originated on Saturday, and his Moya counterpart, Raúl Afonso, are pessimistic about the control of the fire in the next few hours by the difficult orography, the prevailing wind in the area and the high temperatures Fontanales, whose helmet has been evicted early this Sunday because the flames move towards the houses, recorded 32 degree at 9.00 in the morning.
«The fire is totally out of control and is moving very fast in the direction of the houses, so the residents of the town of Fontanales and Hoya del Cavadero have been evacuated, who join those who had been previously evicted. The situation is very complicated, ”Raúl Afonso told Canarian Television. “The air media began to work early, but the large amount of smoke and the fact that the fire is in narrow ravines is hindering the work of the helicopters,” said the mayor of Moya.
The fire has spread rapidly to other municipalities.”
“The fire started at 4:00 pm on Saturday in Valleseco (Gran Canaria), third on the island in a week and second in the same area in two months, has burned a thousand hectares of land , a fire that has forced to evacuate About 2,000 people as well as cutting several roads and continuing to advance on two fronts.”
