ILa Palma ibizwa ngokuba “yiLa Isla Bonita,” kodwa kule mihla, umlilo wasendle awumhle kwaphela.
Uninzi lwabakhenkethi luphakathi kwabantu abangama-4,000 abafuduswe eSpain eLa Palma kwiZiqithi zeCanary ngenxa yomlilo omkhulu wehlathi ukusukela kwimpelaveki.
Utshintsho kwindlela yomoya kunye nokushisa okupholileyo ngoMvulo kwanceda abacimi bomlilo ukuba bazame ukulawula amadangatye aqhuma ngeveki eLa Palma, enye yeeCanary Islands zaseSpain kwi-Atlantic Ocean.
Abahlali abaninzi baphulukene namakhaya abo ngenxa yamadangatye kwaye abakhenkethi baye banyanzeleka ukuba baphume kwiihotele kwaye abanye baphoswe ziinqwelomoya.
“Sivuke ngentseni yangoMgqibelo saya kumsi omkhulu kakhulu, umsi ophuma emlilweni,” utshilo umkhenkethi waseBritane uCath Watkin kwiBBC. “Umlilo ubusondele kakhulu. Ihotele eneneni isezantsi kwentaba, eyokuqala yayigquba kwintaba esemva kwentaba.”
Inkulumbuso yaseSpain uJosé Luís Zapatero ufike ngoMvulo kwindawo edumileyo yabakhenkethi ukuze ajonge kuqala umonakalo. Amaqela amatsha abacimi-mlilo kunye nokuphucula imozulu bayanceda ekulawuleni lo mlilo, amagosa athi.
Amagosa akholelwa ukuba iziqhushumbisi zefiesta zasekuhlaleni zinokuba zibangele umlilo, osele ugqume ngaphezu kweehektare ezingama-4,000 kwaye usaqhubeka nokutsha ngaphandle kolawulo.
Indawo ekuyiwa kuyo eMazo iphakathi kweendawo ezichaphazelekayo.
ILa Palma sesinye sezona ziQithi zaseCanary eziphuhlileyo eSpain, etsala ipesenti encinci yenani eliphezulu labakhenkethi abahamba besiya kwiziqithi ezikufutshane zaseTenerife, Gran Canaria naseLanzarote.
Imifanekiso yesathelayithi ibonisa umsi omkhulu ophuma esiqithini kwaye ucima imifanekiso yesiqithi esikufuphi saseLa Gomera.
