Wildfire Burned Almost 15,000 Hectares - Tenerife Trees affected by the fire in Las Lagunetas, on August 22, in La Esperanza, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. The fire originated last Tuesday, August 15, in the Arafo mountain of the island and has already burned almost 15,000 hectares. At present, the fire is out of control despite the work of the extinguishing teams and has reached a perimeter that covers almost 90 kilometers along ten municipalities, being the northern area the most worrying. The fire has not claimed any human lives and the flames have not burned any houses, although 12,000 residents have been evacuated. Photo by Europa Press ABACAPRESS.COM La Esperanza, Tenerife (Canary I Tenrife Spain