Canary Island fires under control

Lower temperatures today helped firefighters battle two forest fires that have raged on La Palma in the Canary Islands for four…

Lower temperatures today helped firefighters battle two forest fires that have raged on La Palma in the Canary Islands for four days.

One fire in the west of the island has already been brought under control while another in the east was contained tonight, a fire services spokesman said.

Overnight efforts to extinguish the blazes were helped by a temperature drop of about 20C from the near 45C when the fires started on Friday.

No town or village is directly threatened by the fires and no new evacuations are planned for the moment.

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About 4,000 people were evacuated from some areas on Saturday.

AP