Fires ravage two of Canary Islands
At least 14,000 people have evacuated homes, hotels and campgrounds on the Canary Islands as firefighters struggled to extinguish fires on two of the Spanish archipelago’s popular tourist spots.
About 8,800 people were displaced on Tenerife island, where fires have burned 37,500 acres of mainly forest and destroyed 900 homes since Friday, the Canary Islands regional government said. On Gran Canaria island, about 25,000 acres of woodland were charred, and 5,200 people evacuated as at least 60 homes were engulfed by flames. No injuries were reported.
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