Reacción a "Reactions: the wildfire in Tenerife forces thousands of people to evacuate although they manage to stabilize it in some points"

Why is the fire so virulent?

"To a combination of factors: great accumulation of combustible plant mass, abandonment of the rural environment and colonization of the land by flammable vegetation, global warming, a previous strong wave of heat, etc."

How do these types of fires evolve?

“They create their own air circulation system, often unrelated to atmospheric dynamics, they produce an intense emission of airborne incandescent material (sparks) that can create new sources at a distance and they burn with such an intensity that it exceeds the extinguishing capacity of human means, whether land or air. Radiant heat is very intense, rapidly dehydrating surrounding unburned plant matter and causing it to catch fire easily. For this reason, for example, a house in the mountains limited by hedges is seriously threatened”.

Would we be facing a megafire or sixth generation fire?

“According to the technicians who work in the field, this has often happened in this case. If it is due to the affected area, I don't remember another fire like this in Tenerife”.

Can something more be done apart from what the extinction teams are already doing?

“If it refers to the extinction itself, in my opinion no, nothing. They do what they can and know how, and they are highly qualified professionals”.