![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/tenerife-holiday-warning-as-hot-raining-ash-turns-sea-black-and-thousands-evacuated-amid-worst-wildfires-in-40-years/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/newspress-collage-23535440-1692278509734.jpg&description=HOT ash is turning the sea black as out of control wildfires ravage Tenerife. Officials have branded the blazes the "worst wildfires in 40 years", with thousands evacuated as flames sweep across the Spanish island. 7 Black ash is turning the sea black in parts of the sea Credit: Twitter 7 The ash is raining down as blazes sweep across the island Credit: Twitter 7 The fires have swept across more than 4,450 acres of land in just 24 hours Credit: Getty As an uncontainable forest fire rages, part of the sea has been turned black as burning ash rains down. Footage from the holiday resort of Las Caletillas on the north-east coast shows the water covered by a layer of ash. A local who filmed the distressing images said: 'Here you can appreciate the hell we're experiencing. 'The water is literally black from ash in Caletillas.' Another picture taken from the coastline at Candelaria showed a thick line of ash from the devastating forest fire snaking through the ocean. The fires have ripped through more than 4,450 acres of land in just 24 hours - forcing 7,600 people to be evacuated from holiday homes and houses or forced to stay indoors. It erupted in a mountain area between the towns of Candelaria and Arafo late on Tuesday, with six municipalities on the island now affected. Regional President Fernando Clavijo said the island had been turned into a "virtual oven" as 250 firefighters work around the clock struggling to contain flames. He said: "This is probably the most complicated blaze we have had on the Canary Islands, if not ever, at least in the last 40 years." Spanish authorities said their main goal is to contain the fire and prevent it from reaching more populated areas. The island's main town, Santa Cruz, is just 20km away from the flames. Clavijo said firefighters were working day and night but the fire remained out of control. Families in the north who were told to leave their homes have spent the night either with relatives or in shelters or sports centres. The){kind=link}
HOT ash is turning the sea black as out of control wildfires ravage Tenerife.
Officials have branded the blazes the “worst wildfires in 40 years”, with thousands evacuated as flames sweep across the Spanish island.
As an uncontainable forest fire rages, part of the sea has been turned black as burning ash rains down.
Footage from the holiday resort of Las Caletillas on the north-east coast shows the water covered by a layer of ash.
A local who filmed the distressing images said: “Here you can appreciate the hell we’re experiencing.