The wildfire in Tenerife has led to the evacuation of thousands more residents as the uncontrollable blaze continues to rage for its fourth consecutive day.

The regional government of the Canary Islands announced on Saturday that an additional 4,000 individuals were instructed to evacuate their homes. This directive supplements the 4,500 people who were already evacuated on Friday due to the relentless fire on the Atlantic island. Tenerife, inhabited by approximately one million people and a popular tourist spot, now has over 8,000 evacuees, a number projected to rise, potentially significantly.

The wildfire's magnitude has prompted emergency services in the Canary Islands to estimate that the evacuee count "could surpass 26,000," based on preliminary assessments using the island's census data. These evacuees requiring shelter will be guided to appropriate facilities.

The regional government's statement concedes, "The fire is beyond our capacity to extinguish it," citing the challenge posed by scorching, dry weather conditions and strong winds that have exacerbated the extensive flames. Firefighters have been unable to establish a containment perimeter around the fire, which has already consumed a minimum of 12,355 acres.

Rosa Davila, the governor of the island, expressed the unprecedented nature of the situation, stating, "We have never seen a fire of this dimension on the Canary Islands." Photo by Lmbuga (Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez), Wikimedia commons.