![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/tenerife-hit-by-most-serious-forest-fire-in-40-years-as-beaches-scorched/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_Wildfires-in-Tenerife-Island-reach-Level-2-severity.jpg&description=Around 8,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in the north of Tenerife after a large blaze broke out on Tuesday, scorching beaches and causing the water to turn black in places One of the most beautiful parts of the holiday island of Tenerife is being devastated by the most serious forest fire in 40 years. The ferocious blaze broke out on Tuesday night and is continuing to spread, leading hundreds of homes to be evacuated. Locals are rushing away from the approaching flames and to escape choking clouds of smoke and ash. Some of the island's best beaches have been scorched and the waters turned black. The south of the island, a popular destination for millions of Brits, has not been affected, although clouds of smoke are visible from virtually all parts. This morning President of the Canaries, Fernando Clavijo, said that the fire is "the most serious in the Canary Islands in 40 years". The flames are spreading from at least four different points, causing pine cones spread across the forest floor to explode violently. Are you in Tenerife? Have you seen or been impacted by the fires? Email webtravel@reachplc.com Families in the north who were told to leave their homes have spent the night either with relatives or in shelters or sports centres. Nearly 8,000 people have either confined to their homes or evacuated. The fire began around 11.50pm on Tuesday in the Arafo mountains and has spread to the municipalities of Candelaria, El Rosario, La Victoria, Santa Úrsula and La Orotava. Residents are being assured there is no risk to human life or the urban centres and that all efforts are being made to control the fire, which is described as "very virulent". Fire chief Pedro Martínez said: "The difficult orography of the terrain is making extinction work difficult." The affected area is now 2,607 hectares with a perimeter of 31 kilometres, some of them in very steep areas inaccessible to both air and land resources. During the night almost 200 troops worked furious){kind=link}
Around 8,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in the north of Tenerife after a large blaze broke out on Tuesday, scorching beaches and causing the water to turn black in places
One of the most beautiful parts of the holiday island of Tenerife is being devastated by the most serious forest fire in 40 years.
The ferocious blaze broke out on Tuesday night and is continuing to spread, leading hundreds of homes to be evacuated. Locals are rushing away from the approaching flames and to escape choking clouds of smoke and ash.
Some of the island’s best beaches have been scorched and the waters turned black. The south of the island, a popular destination for millions of Brits, has not been affected, although clouds of smoke are visible from virtually all parts.
This morning President of the Canaries, Fernando Clavijo, said that the fire is “the most serious in the Canary Islands in 40 years”. The flames are spreading from at least four different points, causing pine cones spread across the forest floor to explode violently.