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".
Sunday 7 August 2016
Inferno from birthday cake candles kills 13 in Rouen, France
A massive fire sparked by birthday cake candles tore through a bar in France on Saturday , killing about 13 people in the nation's deadliest blaze in over a decade.
The dead were between aged between 16 and 25, while one of the six injured at Au Cuba Libre bar in Rouen was critical.
Prime Minister Manuel Valls expressed "deep sadness at the tragedy". Local deputy prosecutor Laurent Labadie said the blaze, which began around midnight in the bar's basement, was triggered accidentally . "Someone came down with a birthday cake with candles and fell down the stairs. The candles were thrown onto the walls and ceiling, where there was soundproofing material. There was an immediate conflagration and gas was released," Labadie said.
Police had earlier said the flames had ignited polystyrene on the ceiling of the basement room, releasing a toxic mix of gases that poisoned the victims. The investigation will focus on whether building safety rules were respected at the bar.
The dead were between aged between 16 and 25, while one of the six injured at Au Cuba Libre bar in Rouen was critical.
Prime Minister Manuel Valls expressed "deep sadness at the tragedy". Local deputy prosecutor Laurent Labadie said the blaze, which began around midnight in the bar's basement, was triggered accidentally . "Someone came down with a birthday cake with candles and fell down the stairs. The candles were thrown onto the walls and ceiling, where there was soundproofing material. There was an immediate conflagration and gas was released," Labadie said.
Police had earlier said the flames had ignited polystyrene on the ceiling of the basement room, releasing a toxic mix of gases that poisoned the victims. The investigation will focus on whether building safety rules were respected at the bar.
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