 Residents of La Esperanza on Tenerife watched as a wildfire which broke out in a mountainous national park on the Spanish island in the Atlantic left them under a precautionary lockdown on August 17, while other municipalities had to be evacuated leaving thousands temporarily homeless. The fire's perimeter expanded to 31 kilometers across dry woodland covering both flanks of steep ravines near the Mount Tide volcano, Spain's highest peak, hampering access to the area and covering much of the island with smoke clouds and ash. The fire, which broke out on Wednesday, has burned through 2,600 hectares of land and while some villages were evacuated out of precaution, residents and a few others were ordered to stay home, affecting a further 3,500 people. The fire is currently affecting the municipality of Rosario, and it is due to the confinement of the urban core of La Esperanza. The fire is now at the center of the Roscoldo, and the people here are all very worried. Right now we're working on the big mountain and everything, and the fire, there's a short fire, it seems to me, and the other one is coming from the south to dry, and then they'll be able to stop it, because it looks a lot better. We're working on the same thing, it's going to be nothing, so what are you going to do? I hope not, but if you say it's going to be you, it's going to be you.