Cooler weather overnight helps firefighters battling Tenerife wildfire

Emergency crews and firefighters work to extinguish the fire advancing through the forest in La Orotava in Tenerife (Arturo Rodriguez/AP)

Improved weather conditions helped firefighters make advances overnight in their battle to tame a wildfire raging out of control for the past five days on the tourist island of Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands, authorities said on Sunday.

“The night was very difficult but thanks to the work of the firefighters, the results have been very positive,” Tenerife governor, Rosa Davila said at a news conference on Sunday.