Wildfire on Spain’s Popular Tourist Island of Tenerife Was Started Deliberately, Official Says

Wildfire on Spain’s Popular Tourist Island of Tenerife Was Started Deliberately, Official Says
Flares on the horizon as the fire advances through the forest toward the town of La Laguna and Los Rodeos airport in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, on Aug. 19, 2023. Arturo Rodriguez/AP Photo
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SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Canary Islands—Canary Islands regional President Fernando Clavijo said Sunday that police have confirmed that a wildfire raging on the Spanish tourist island of Tenerife was started deliberately.

Mr. Clavijo said police had opened three lines of investigation but did not say if there had been any arrests.