2019 Canary Islands wildfires

When

2019

Kind

Wildfire

Coordinates

40.20° N, 3.50° W

Description

series of fires in the Canary Islands

Date from

year in its name

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Series of fires in the Canary Islands

During August 2019, a number of forest fires broke out in the Canary Islands of Gran Canaria, Tenerife and Lanzarote. The fires on the island of Gran Canaria were the most severe, resulting in the loss of large areas of the island's forests and leading to the evacuation of thousands of residents from a number of towns and villages.

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