Canary Islands fury as mountain of cigarette butts dumped at Tenerife beauty spot

Cigarette butts were dumped on Mirador de Chipeque (Image: Getty) There is fury in the Canary Islands as a mountain of cigarette butts is dumped at a Tenerife beauty spot. Mirador de Chipeque, renowned for its views of Mount Teide, has become subject to major littering, showcased in a video that got thousands of views on TikTok The video shared on August 1 shows a ‘mountain’ of cigarette butts abandoned across the site, despite smoking being banned in the area. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.

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At least 8,500 people were reported to have been evacuate.