Firefighters make gains against Tenerife wildfire
La Orotava, Spain (AFP) Aug 20, 2023
Firefighters made gains in their battle against a vast wildfire on Tenerife on Sunday after better-than-expected overnight weather helped them keep the blaze from destroying homes on the Spanish holiday island, regional officials said. The huge fire broke out late Tuesday in a mountainous northeastern area, quickly morphing into the Canary Islands' biggest-ever. So far the blaze, which h