Lighthouse Eco

Striving for a sustainable Lifestyle

    • Residents flee the fires in the municipality of Candelaria in Tenerife. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
    Climate Change Environment Extreme Weather

    Spain battles ‘out of control’ wildfire on Tenerife – in pictures

    Shea Woodrow Posted on
    Residents flee the fires in the municipality of Candelaria in Tenerife. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
    Residents flee the fires in the municipality of Candelaria in Tenerife.
    Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

    A wildfire that broke out in a national park on the Spanish island of Tenerife has spread to 1,800 hectares, prompting authorities to order the evacuation of five villages and cut off access to the forest surrounding the Mount Teide volcano

    • A helicopter dumps water on a forest fire in Candelaria Photograph: Borja Suárez/Reuters
      A helicopter dumps water on a forest fire in Candelaria Photograph: Borja Suárez/Reuters
    • The head of the regional government, Fernando Clavijo, announced: ‘The Tenerife fire is out of control; the scenario is not exactly very positive’ Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
      The head of the regional government, Fernando Clavijo, announced: ‘The Tenerife fire is out of control; the scenario is not exactly very positive’ Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
    • Smoke columns rise from a wildfire in a forested area of the Güímar valley Photograph: Désirée Martín/AFP/Getty Images
      Smoke columns rise from a wildfire in a forested area of the Güímar valley Photograph: Désirée Martín/AFP/Getty Images
    • Firefighters arrive on the island. About 250 crew backed by 13 planes and helicopters, including three sent from mainland Spain, are trying to contain the fire in an area that is difficult to reach Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
      Firefighters arrive on the island. About 250 crew backed by 13 planes and helicopters, including three sent from mainland Spain, are trying to contain the fire in an area that is difficult to reach Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
    • Residents leave a property in Candelaria, where the fire began. It has since spread to other municipalities Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
      Residents leave a property in Candelaria, where the fire began. It has since spread to other municipalities Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
    • Firefighters work through the night to extinguish the forest fire. The wildfire follows a heatwave that left parts of the country tinder dry Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
      Firefighters work through the night to extinguish the forest fire. The wildfire follows a heatwave that left parts of the country tinder dry Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
    • Smoke rises from a forested area of the Güímar valley Photograph: Désirée Martín/AFP/Getty Images
      Smoke rises from a forested area of the Güímar valley Photograph: Désirée Martín/AFP/Getty Images
    • More than 1,800 hectares have been affected and 150 people evacuated from their homes. This summer, firefighters have extinguished a series of forest fires on the islands of Gran Canaria and La Palma, part of the Canary Islands archipelago Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
      More than 1,800 hectares have been affected and 150 people evacuated from their homes. This summer, firefighters have extinguished a series of forest fires on the islands of Gran Canaria and La Palma, part of the Canary Islands archipelago Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
    • A man flees with his dogs in Candelaria. Regional authorities have issued an evacuation notice and have shut roads leading to the mountains on the north-eastern part of the island Photograph: Ramon de la Rocha/EPA
      A man flees with his dogs in Candelaria. Regional authorities have issued an evacuation notice and have shut roads leading to the mountains on the north-eastern part of the island Photograph: Ramon de la Rocha/EPA
    • Firefighters battle the blaze in Arafo, south-eastern Tenerife. Scientists say heatwaves have become more likely due to the climate crisis. As global temperatures rise, they are likely to become more frequent and intense, and their impacts more widespread Photograph: Borja Suárez/Reuters
      Firefighters battle the blaze in Arafo, south-eastern Tenerife. Scientists say heatwaves have become more likely due to the climate crisis. As global temperatures rise, they are likely to become more frequent and intense, and their impacts more widespread Photograph: Borja Suárez/Reuters
    • Residents of Candelaria remove a gas cylinder from their home as a wildfire approaches Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
      Residents of Candelaria remove a gas cylinder from their home as a wildfire approaches Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
    • The fire’s perimeter has expanded to more than 14 miles (22km) across dry woodland, covering both flanks of steep ravines near the Mount Teide volcano and Spain’s highest peak, obstructing access to the area Photograph: Borja Suárez/Reuters
      The fire’s perimeter has expanded to more than 14 miles (22km) across dry woodland, covering both flanks of steep ravines near the Mount Teide volcano and Spain’s highest peak, obstructing access to the area Photograph: Borja Suárez/Reuters
    • The fire broke out on Tuesday night and is raging through a forested area with steep ravines in the north-eastern part of the island Photograph: Ramon de la Rocha/EPA
      The fire broke out on Tuesday night and is raging through a forested area with steep ravines in the north-eastern part of the island Photograph: Ramon de la Rocha/EPA

    Compiled by Guy Lane at The Guardian

    Related Images:

    Tagged:

    Leave a Reply

    Latest posts:

    The Arctic tundra is warming up and that's causing long-frozen ground to melt as well as an increase in wildfires. The region is "now emitting more carbon that it stores, which will worsen climate change impacts," explained NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad in a statement. Gerald Frost/Courtesy of NOAA
    Climate Change emissions Environment

    Arctic tundra now emits planet-warming pollution, federal report finds

    Arctic tundra, which has stored carbon for thousands of years, has now become a source of planet-warming pollution.

    Shea Woodrow
    Britain's bumblebees have been in trouble in recent years, but one nature restoration project in Perthshire has a positive story to tell Christopher Furlong
    bees biodiversity Environment insects rewilding wildlife

    Bumblebee population increases 116 times over in ‘remarkable’ Scotland rewilding project

    ‘The sound of traffic and a uniform sea of barley have been replaced by the most beautiful meadows, full of wildflowers, young saplings and the buzz of bees’

    Shea Woodrow
    Barbados' capital city Bridgetown on May 28, 2023. Xin Yuewei / Xinhua via Getty Images
    Climate Change Environment news

    Barbados Completes World’s First ‘Debt-for-Climate’ Swap

    Barbados has secured the world’s first “debt-for-climate” swap to finance crucial water and sewage projects that will help the island cope with the destructive impacts of climate change.

    Shea Woodrow
    Killer whales swim in the icy Arctic waters that are newly open to them. Photo credit: Maha Ghazal
    Climate Change Environment ocean orca sea ice wildlife

    Killer whales have found new homes in the Arctic Ocean, potentially reshaping marine ecology

    The vast ice sheets that historically kept killer whales out of the Arctic Ocean are melting as the region rapidly warms.

    Shea Woodrow
    Heavy smog in Delhi on Monday. In some parts of the city, air quality is more than 30 times the level deemed healthy. Photograph: Rajat Gupta/EPA
    air pollution emissions news pollution

    Pollution in Delhi hits record high, cloaking city in smog

    India’s capital, Delhi, imposes emergency measures including closing schools and offices and barring heavy vehicles.

    Shea Woodrow
    Denmark's Minister for the Green Tripartite Jeppe Bruus, centre, and members of the coalition in Copenhagen, Denmark, Nov. 18, 2024. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)
    conservation Environment rewilding

    Denmark will plant 1 billion trees and convert 10 per cent of farmland into forest

    Danish lawmakers on Monday agreed on a deal to plant one billion trees and convert 10 per cent of farmland into forest and natural habitats over the next two decades in an effort to reduce fertilizer usage.

    Shea Woodrow