Emergency services respond to multiple accidents in the Canary Islands

Emergency services in the Canary Islands responded to several incidents across the archipelago. In Icod de los Vinos, Tenerife, firefighters rescued a person trapped inside a vehicle that had fallen down a difficult-to-access slope. The vehicle was stabilized before the individual was extracted and transferred to medical personnel.

In Fuerteventura, a 65-year-old woman required emergency medical evacuation following a pedestrian accident in Tuineje. After suffering multiple traumas and experiencing cardiorespiratory arrest, the patient was stabilized at a local health center before being airlifted to the Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrín in critical condition.

Additional emergency responses in Tenerife included extinguishing an electrical fire in Arona, responding to a truck collision on the TF-1 highway in Granadilla de Abona, and suppressing a vehicle fire on the TF-5 near Santa Úrsula.