Cooler temperatures and favourable winds are helping firefighters battle an 11-day wildfire on the Canary Island of La Gomera.
The forest fire is among the worst to affect Spain this year, during which wildfires have caused triple the damage of 2011.
Critics say cutbacks because of the economic crisis are hampering efforts to deal with the fire.
The Canary Islands regional government said today that the fire on the island is still out of control.
But it said firefighters are making greater progress because of a sudden drop in summer temperatures and a change in wind direction that had contained the fire's spread.
The fire has so far burned just over 30 sq/km in and around the island's central Garajonay National Park, a UNESCO world heritage site.
The Canary Islands government has long demanded its firefighting equipment be boosted by the central government.
Agriculture Minister Miguel Angel Canete has acknowledged that cutbacks have likely affected regional governments' abilities to prevent or put out forest fires.
He pledged new measures soon but gave no details.
