Minimize Wildfires in Canary Islands (Spain) - August 2007

31 Jul 2007 (from AFP) - Wildfires sweeping across Spain's Canary Islands have forced authorities to evacuate around 11,000 people in the biggest fires on the archipelago in a decade.

The fires have covered 24,000 hectares on two of the archipelago's seven islands, Gran Canaria and Tenerife, after being fanned by strong winds.

A state of "maximum alert" has been declared and additional planes are being sent to the archipelago off Africa's western coast to battle the flames.

Envisat views of wildfires

Tenerife: Fires are visible along the south west coast of Tenerife Island. These images (generated with different combinations of layers) also show fire over the mount of Pico de Teide.

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Technical Information
Product: MER_FR_1P (300 metre resolution)
Satellite: Envisat
Instrument: Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS)
Date of acquisition: 31 Jul 2007
Orbit: 28319
Orbit direction: Descending
Band combination: 7, 5, 2 (RGB)
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Technical Information
Product: MER_FR_1P (300 metre resolution)
Satellite: Envisat
Instrument: Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS)
Date of acquisition: 31 Jul 2007
Orbit: 28319
Orbit direction: Descending
Band combination: 9, 7, 4 (RGB)
View large image [JPG 58 KB]
Technical Information
Product: MER_FR_1P (300 metre resolution)
Satellite: Envisat
Instrument: Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS)
Date of acquisition: 31 Jul 2007
Orbit: 28319
Orbit direction: Descending
Band combination: 7, 4, 2 (RGB)
Map of area

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