A wildfire that has torn through the Spanish island of Tenerife, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes, is 'out of control,' local authorities have said.
A wildfire that has torn through the Spanish island of Tenerife, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes, is "out of control," local authorities have said.The fire has cut a swathe through more than 6,000 acres of land on the Canary Island, which an official said was "on a scale not seen... since records began".
The blaze has not hit any of the 785-square mile island's tourist resorts yet - but more than 7,500 people have been evacuated, out of the island's population of about 978,000. The 20 mile-wide fire, which broke out on Tuesday, is within 12 miles of the island's capital of Santa Cruz, which has a population of 204,000.
Some 370 firefighters are battling the blaze, while the army and water-bombing planes have also been deployed to try to contain any further spread.
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