Canary Islands officials order another 4,000 people to evacuate after 4,500 told to move on Friday
Thousands more residents of Tenerife in the Canary Islands in Spain have fled their homes as a wildfire that authorities deemed “out of control” raged on for a fourth day.
The regional government for the Canary Islands said that 4,000 more people were ordered to evacuate on Saturday. Those were in addition to the 4,500 people who on Friday were forced to move out of harm’s way on the Atlantic island that is home to about 1 million people and is also a popular tourist destination.
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