Alex Akhurst
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Andrew, 59, moved to Los Gallardos five years ago for his semi-retirement.

"Two planes have been flying non-stop for about three hours now taking water from the sea to try and create a break a line to the west of the fire," he says. "They were making a run every seven minutes or so."

"Many people were applauding then as they flew over," he continues.

He says the situation is now feeling "a little better now, but sadly the wind is picking up again and that will hamper the operation".

"It's just an unfortunate set of circumstances really that these mountains, how incredibly covered in vegetation they are," Andrew says, saying conditions over winter led to the vegetation having "just grown and grown".

He says: "We've had five wildfires since we've been here, and previously it hasn't caused much damage other than vegetation, but watching it last night was pretty scary. I don't like this expression in the context where people have lost their lives, but it was just a 'perfect storm'."