The Cabildo de Gran Canaria considers the fire that affected the summit under control

The Cabildo de Gran Canaria has given control this afternoon, at 7:30 p.m. (local time), the fire that broke out on the top of the island on Tuesday and that has affected some 480 hectares.

In a statement, the island corporation specifies that not all of this surface should be considered “burned”, since “many areas can be seen where the fire has had a very low intensity, remaining only on the surface with hardly affecting the pine forest”..

This afternoon, the GC-130 highway was opened, the only one that remained closed, and the residents of La Caldera de los Marteles, Los Bucios and Cuevas Blancas have been able to return to their homes.

However, as the media continue to act in the area of the fire until its complete liquidation, the Cabildo asks citizens to be prudent when moving around the summit.

Pending the inspection of all the areas, there is only evidence of one house affected by the fire, located at the intersection of Pico de las Nieves with the GC-130 highway, although it is not ruled out that within the perimeter of the fire it could have other properties affected.

The president of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, Antonio Morales, has congratulated all the security and extinction bodies and forces that have worked to put out the fire.

Morales has remarked that “the fire originated in one of the highest risk and most dangerous areas, since it had enormous potential, but the teams have done an enormous job”.