Espana, Madrid . One man died in the work of extinguishing a fire that is still out of control on the Canary island of La Palma, where 700 people have been evacuated on Thursday while authorities have arrested a German citizen on suspicion of having caused .
a spokesman for emergency coordination in the area told Reuters that the fire originated on the eve between the towns of El Paso and Los Llanos is neither under control nor perimetrado.
the mayor of El Paso, Sergio Rodriguez, said told a radio station that there are around 700 hectares burned, with the provision that this figure increases to the difficult extinction in a mountainous forest land and gusting wind in different directions.
It is planned a temperature of between 20 and 28 degrees in the area to this day, with winds up to 15 km / hour, according the Spanish meteorological agency AEMET.
the deceased is an environmental agent that the UGT union, which belonged identified as a man with a wife and five children.
the worker’s death caused a wave of lamentations in social networks, including the Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy.
“my deepest condolences to the family of the deceased in the fire of La Palma and my support as many people as work in their extinction, “Rajoy said in his Twitter account.
UGT regretted the death and called for more resources to fight fires, which happen frequently in the torrid summers of Spain.
“the Fire Brigades union UGT (…) has claimed on several occasions that the danger to which these groups requires greater security and provision of facilities and resources are exposed,” said the union UGT in its statement.
reuters source
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