Holiday island La Palma, Canary Islands, under forest fire alert

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A wildfire is threatening the holiday island of La Palma, part of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, and part of Spain.

A wildfire is threatening the holiday island of La Palma, part of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, and part of Spain.

El Paso is a town and a municipality on the island of La Palma, Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. It is situated in the middle of the island. The island is a major attraction for tourists.

The fire is burning in the hills at El Paso.

The population of the municipality is about 8,000 and the area is 135.92 kmยฒ, making it the largest municipality on the island of La Palma. The mean elevation is 600 m. The territory of the municipality includes the Caldera de Taburiente, a giant caldera constituting a national park.
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The Canary Islands Government declared a forest fire alert.

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Juergen T Steinmetz

Juergen Thomas Steinmetz has continuously worked in the travel and tourism industry since he was a teenager in Germany (1977).
He founded eTurboNews in 1999 as the first online newsletter for the global travel tourism industry.

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