Flames arise at the scene of forest fire in El Tanque on the Canary island of Tenerife, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007. Some 11,000 people were evacuated in the Canary Islands Tuesday as firefighters worked to extinguish forest fires in two of the archipelago's popular tourist islands. In Gran Canaria island, a four-day-old fire has charred some 10,000 hectares (24,710 acres) of woodland in the southwest Mogan region. Some 5,200 people, including some tourists, have been evacuated from the area as a precaution Some 6,000 people were evacuated from their houses on the island of Tenerife, where 4,500 hectares (11,119 acres) pine forest had been burnt since Monday in the western part of the island.(AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez) ORG XMIT: DO806
Arturo Rodriguez The Spokesman-Review