Spanish authorities said that a forest fire started by a German man while burning his soiled toilet paper has spread to La Palma in the Canary Islands on 2016-08-06.
Spain's acting minister of agriculture and environment, Isabel Garcia Tejerina, said the four-dayold blaze has consumed 3,500-4,000 hectares of forest. The fire claimed the life of one forest worker and has caused evacuation of 2,500 people from three towns. A 27-year-old German man admitted to police on 2016-08-05 that he had started the fire accidentally by burning some soiled toilet paper. Four planes and eight helicopters are assisting over 350 firefighters on the ground to control the fire.
The authorities said high temperatures, dense vegetation and rocky terrain were "complicating efforts".
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