Thousands of people have been evacuated as wildfires rip through Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands

Fires in the last 24hrs

Las Palmas

Arucas

Tamadaba

natural

park

Teror

Telde

The fires started on Saturday near the town of Tejeda

Fires in the

ast 7 days

Gran Canaria

Taurito

Maspalomas

10 km

10 miles

Arucas

Las Palmas

Agaete

Teror

Fires in the last 24hrs

Telde

The fires started on Saturday near the town of Tejeda

Tamadaba natural

park

Fires in the last 7 days

Gran Canaria

Taurito

Maspalomas

10 km

10 miles

Guardian graphic. Source: Nasa earth data. Data as of 9.30am 19 August