Fire on La Palma
After a late breakfast and a bit of gentile reading on the balcony I
thought I’d just check what was happening in the world, only to discover
that the fire I mentioned yesterday is now on the main news headlines of
the international BBC website! Seems the fire was thought to have been
started by a stray firework. Tourists can’t get back to the airport,
and I assume that after landing they can’t get to the resorts in the
west of the island.
Thankfully (for me) I am not in that part of the island. I am on the
east side, along with the airport. Being so close to the airport I have
seen far more planes today. There are not usually any until evening
time but I have seen military helicopters flying over and a couple of
other small turbo prop planes. I wonder if one had the Spanish
president on board?
For more details check out the BBC story here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8180165.stm
I got the image from: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/canary-islands-fire-forces-evacuation-of-4000-residents/article1239010/
Fires on La Palma
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